"UN Experts Warn Alabama's Nitrogen Gas Execution May Violate Human Rights"

Kenneth Smith, who could be the first person executed with nitrogen gas in the U.S., spoke with NPR about his experience surviving a failed execution attempt by lethal injection in Alabama. The state plans to use nitrogen gas for his execution on Jan. 25, a method that has raised safety and human rights concerns. Smith and his lawyers challenged the execution in state court, arguing that a second attempt would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. The Alabama Supreme Court rejected the appeal, and Smith discussed his feelings about the prospect of undergoing another execution, this time by gas.