Alabama executed Demetrius Frazier for the 1991 murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown two days before Thanksgiving.

It involves placing a respirator gas mask over the person’s face to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen gas, causing death by lack of oxygen. Frazier, like the first three people to be ...

It involves placing a respirator gas mask over the person's face to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen gas, causing death by lack of oxygen. The execution began at about 6:10 p.m after a ...

The method involves placing a respirator gas mask over the face to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen gas, causing death by lack of oxygen. Frazier’s lawyers pointed to descriptions of ...

Frazier was convicted of capital murder for breaking into a Birmingham woman's apartment, stealing cash, raping her at ...

Alabama became the first state to carry out executions with nitrogen gas when three inmates were put to death using the new ...

Alabama became the first state to carry out executions with nitrogen gas when three inmates were put to death using the method last year. The method involves placing a respirator gas mask over the ...

When used, the inmate breathes pure nitrogen gas through a mask that displaces the oxygen in their system, depriving them of air. Once the mask was placed over Frazier's mouth and nose and the gas ...