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The lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., as seen in 2002.

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Alabama Inmate Coughed, Heaved For About 13 Minutes During Execution

1:05pm December 09, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Ronald Bert Smith Jr. died by lethal injection late Thursday night, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to stay his execution. A judge sentenced Smith to die for murdering a man in 1994.

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Oklahoma Approves Nitrogen Asphyxiation For Executions

1:02pm April 18, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The new method was proposed after the botched execution by lethal injection last year of an Oklahoma inmate.