On January 25, 2024, Alabama made history—for all the wrong reasons. Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first person executed using nitrogen hypoxia, a method touted as “humane” but witnessed as harrowing. His death marked the beginning of a new, controversial chapter in American capital punishment. Smith gasped over 225 times. His body convulsed. His spiritual… Continue reading Breathless Justice: The Moral Cost of Nitrogen Executions
Where Mercy Meets the Mic
On (In)justice 