![Explainer: US District Court Thwarts Latest Bid to Halt Alabama Nitrogen Hypoxia Execution](https://www.jurist.org/features/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/gas_mask__1706126436.jpg)
A US district court on Wednesday dismissed concerns about Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith potentially choking on his own vomit during his planned execution by nitrogen hypoxia, a novel and untested method of capital punishment. Smith’s legal team is urgently trying to stop the execution, which is scheduled for Thursday. They argue that [...]