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Alabama executes third man this year with nitrogen gas
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Carey Grayson was executed by the state of Alabama using the controversial method of nitrogen gas. The execution, which was the third of its kind this year, was carried out despite opposition from veterinarians who have deemed nitrogen an unsuitable method of euthanasia for animals, let alone humans. Grayson was convicted of the 1994 murder and torture of hitchhiker Vickie Deblieux, along with three others who were also teenagers at the time of the crime.
We emphasise that the prohibition on torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is absolute, never acceptable and not dependant on alternatives.
Some thirty years ago, Vicki DeBlieux's journey to her mother's house and ultimately, her life, were horrifically cut short because of Carey Grayson and three other men. She sensed something was wrong, attempted to escape, but instead, was brutally tortured and murdered.
The normalization of gas suffocation as an execution method is deeply troubling.
The only lesson from this grim sequence of events is that when states use human beings as guinea pigs for lethal experiments, they are bound to suffer, whether at the point of a needle or behind a mask.
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- 1.Holman Correctional Facility
- 2.US Supreme Court
- 3.West Monroe
- 4.Alabama Corrections
- 5.Death Penalty Information
- 6.Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- 7.Reprieve
- 8.United Nations