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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Prosecutors said on Nov. 27, 1991, that Frazier, then 19, broke into Brown’s apartment through a window while she was asleep.

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 ...

Alabama became the first state to carry out executions with nitrogen gas when three inmates were put to death using the new method in 2024. The method involves placing a respirator gas mask over the ...