For Jews, Louisiana’s nitrogen gas execution law recalls the terrors of the Holocaust
I had the opportunity to travel from New Orleans to Ukraine through my advocacy work. I rode trains throughout Poland and ...
Anti-Death Penalty Advocates Urge U.N. Probe Into Alabama's Nitrogen Gas Execution
The groups claim that the state of Alabama and its officials violated international human rights laws banning torture and ...
Louisiana might remove nitrogen gas as an execution option
A Louisiana Senate committee unanimously advanced a bill that would remove nitrogen gas asphyxiation from the approved list ...
Jewish group supports Louisiana bill that would remove nitrogen gas from execution methods
The Louisiana Legislature is considering removing using gas as a method to execute death row inmates just months after adding ...
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Oklahoma executes Michael Dewayne Smith, convicted of killing 2 people in 2002
A man convicted of killing two people in Oklahoma more than two decades ago was executed Thursday, marking the state's first execution of the year. Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal ...
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Oklahoma executes Michael Smith for 2002 murders even as he maintained innocence
This February 2021 photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Michael Dewayne Smith (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP,) Smith died at 10.20am CT on Thursday by lethal ...
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Oklahoma executes Michael DeWayne Smith for 2002 fatal shootings
McALESTER, Okla. — A man convicted of two fatal shootings in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning, marking the state's 12th execution since it resumed capital ...
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Michael Smith's Final 3 Words Before Oklahoma Execution
Smith's death was the first execution in Oklahoma this year. He was the 12th person to be executed since the state resumed executions in 2021. Entrance Sign and Guard Tower at Oklahoma State ...
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Oklahoma death row inmate executed for double killing after 3 last words
He was declared dead at 10:19 a.m. after receiving lethal drugs in the execution chamber. When asked if he had any last words, Smith replied, "Nah, I'm good." Family members of victim Janet Moore ...
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Oklahoma Begins 2024 Executions With Death Of Michael Dewayne Smith
Oklahoma returned to its state-sanctioned killing spree with the execution Thursday of a 41-year-old Black man, Michael Dewayne Smith. Smith’s execution comes after Oklahoma resumed the death ...
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Oklahoma prepares to execute Michael DeWayne Smith for 2002 murders
The last execution was in November. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals was asked in January for even more time, 90-day intervals, once the next two executions are carried out. "The present ...
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Oklahoma judge tells prison staff feeling strain of execution schedule: ‘Suck it up’
At a hearing last Tuesday, Judge Gary Lumpkin responded to a request to slow Oklahoma’s execution schedule. The state had requested the gap between executions to be increased from 60 to 90 days ...