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Alabama death row inmate Carey Dale Grayson on Thursday became the third inmate in the U.S. to be executed by nitrogen gas. Grayson, 50, was executed for the torture, bludgeoning and mutilation of ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Alabama since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. All of the 78 people (77 men and 1 woman) have been executed at the Holman Correctional Facility, near Atmore, Alabama. All executions between December 2002 and 2023 were conducted by lethal injection.
The execution of Alan Eugene Miller (January 20, 1965 – September 26, 2024) took place in the U.S. state of Alabama by nitrogen hypoxia. It was the second execution in both the world and state to use this particular method, following the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in January 2024. [ 2 ]
From 1983 to 2024, Alabama has executed 78 people. [13] As of January 2025, Alabama had 158 inmates on death row, the 4th highest number in the US. [22] A governor has commuted only one death sentence since 1976: outgoing Governor Fob James commuted Judith Ann Neelley's death sentence to life in prison in January 1999. [23]
The execution is the US’ 22nd this year and sixth in Alabama. Grayson’s death was the third time a death row inmate was executed with nitrogen gas, a controversial method where the gas ...
The unusual method of Smith’s execution sparked international backlash, including a protest from the Vatican. Grayson is one of about 30 inmates on Alabama’s death row who have selected to die ...
Woods's execution made him the 67th death row prisoner to be executed in Alabama since 1978. [10] Martin Luther King III criticized the execution, writing, "the actions of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Governor of the State of Alabama are reprehensible and have potentially contributed to an irreversible injustice". [6]
Dearman, 36, is set to be executed in Alabama on Thursday, eight years after he used an ax and two guns to kill five people, all of whom were related by blood or marriage to his then-girlfriend ...