Entries tagged with “Gas Chamber”
Executions
Methods of Execution
,Feb 08, 2024
Past to Present: 100 Years Since the United States’ First Lethal Gas Execution, a Recently Renewed Practice
Today, February 8, marks the 100-year anniversary of the first lethal gas execution in the United States, exactly two weeks after Alabama carried out the first execution using nitrogen…
Executions
Methods of Execution
,Feb 22, 2022
Arizona Jewish Community Sues to Bar State from Executing Prisoners with Gas Nazis Used in Holocaust
Members of the Arizona Jewish community have filed suit to bar the state from executing prisoners in its gas chamber, using the same substance employed by the Nazis during the Holocaust to murder more than one million…
Executions
Methods of Execution
,Jun 02, 2021
Arizona Prepares for Executions With Gas Used in Holocaust Death Camps
Arizona reportedly has “refurbished” its gas chamber and has spent more than $2,000 to acquire ingredients to execute prisoners with cyanide gas, the same gas used by the Nazis to murder more than one million men, women, and children during the…