Nitrogen Gas

A state judge has stayed an upcoming execution in Alabama to evaluate whether the man is too mentally ill to be put to death. The judge temporarily stayed the Aug. 21 execution of David Lee Roberts until it can be established whether he has a “rational understanding” of what is to happen to him.

A man convicted of beating a woman to death nearly 37 years ago is scheduled to be executed Tuesday in Alabama in what will be the nation's sixth execution with nitrogen gas. Gregory Hunt is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday night.

The Supreme Court will consider making it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled, according an order released early on Friday after an apparent technological glitch.

Alabama plans to carry out another execution by nitrogen gas and has set a June execution date for a man convicted of the 1988 killing of a woman. Gregory Hunt is scheduled to be put to death June 10 for the 1988 beating death of Karen Lane.

A man on Alabama's death row wants his execution to go forward this week, saying he believes in an "eye for an eye." James Osgood, 55, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday at his south Alabama prison.

A federal judge has halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. Alabama has carried out four death sentences using this method, called unconstitutional by critics.

The Alabama Supreme Court has cleared the way for the execution of a man whose innocence claim is supported by a juror from his trial. Justices on Friday authorized the execution of Robin “Rocky” Myers. He who was convicted in the 1991 killing of his neighbor. The execution will be carried out by nitrogen gas at a date set by the governor’s office.

An Alabama inmate convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. CST at a south Alabama prison for his murder conviction in the 1991 rape and killing of 41-year-old Pauline Brown.

A federal judge is hearing competing testimony over a request to block the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Demetrius Terrence Frazier is scheduled to be executed Feb. 6 in Alabama for a woman's 1991 rape and murder in Birmingham.

Alabama has scheduled its fourth execution by nitrogen gas. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday set a Feb. 6 execution date for Demetrius Frazier. Her office said the execution will be carried out by nitrogen gas. Frazier was convicted of killing Pauline Brown while burglarizing her Birmingham apartment in 1991.