Alabama is set to become the first state to execute a death row prisoner using nitrogen gas — a controversial method said to be painless that experts warn is an untested human “experiment.” Kenneth ...

Alabama will be the first state to use nitrogen in an execution. If it goes smoothly, other states are likely to follow. By Jan Hoffman The planned execution of a death row inmate by the state of ...

A colorless, odorless gas, Nitrogen is a non-hydrocarbon inert gas used for a variety of functions in the drilling, workover and completion phases of oil and gas wells, as well as in pigging and ...