Alabama inmates choose nitrogen hypoxia

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Alabama's second nitrogen gas execution follows what critics call an "insistence on secrecy" by corrections officials

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Inmates at Alabama 's death row had until June 2018 to choose how they would prefer to die by nitrogen hypoxia.

The state had been accused of using lethal injection in the prison's execution chamber.

At least eight inmates at Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama chose the experimental method.

Alabama has the highest rate of death sentences per capita in America and one of the highest execution rates.

Inmates can petition the courts to rule against the type of execution they will face, but they cannot see the documentation that governs how it will be carried out.

Kenny Smith's January execution was described as prolonged, horrific and torturous by some witnesses, including journalists, who said he writhed and thrashed for several minutes on the gurney.

Alabama has not produced any records of Smith 's execution.

Prosecutors for the state said his concerns were "speculative" and Miller had no evidence to prove his claims. They also denied his team's discovery requests for copies of the unredacted nitrogen gas protocol and a record from Smith 's execution..

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