Nitrogen

Alabama could be ready to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence later this month, a state attorney told ...

Miller was delusional and believed the men were spreading rumors about him, including that he was gay, testimony showed. Miller’s lawyers don’t want him to be the test case for an untried execution method, she said. Convicted in a triple killing in 1999, Miller is trying to block his execution at Holman Prison.

August fertilizer pricing saw gains across the board for most nitrogen sources, as another wave of production curtailments at European production plants ...

Prices continued to erode at NOLA, especially for imported product as re-export interest was said to motivate the liquidity earlier in August before slowing later. Activity has been slow in the meantime as buyers await further direction from the market or for producers to offer product at new price levels. Egypt prices rose to $750-$820/mt FOB by the end of the month, up from a flat $765 in July and mostly on the back of those European cuts. After a chaotic month of announcements that shook the nitrogen market in Europe, nitrates activity in the U.S. The main topic of conversation in global ammonia in August was the relentless rise of gas prices in Europe and the resulting flurry of additional ammonia and fertilizer production curtailments. to come back into the market, we should see prices globally continue to head up in September/October given lower European output and limited exports from China.UAN In the short term, we expect urea prices to continue following the global market without much activity in the U.S. As with the ammonia market, additional nitrogen production outages announced in Europe, alongside a slew of other developments in energy and financial markets, led urea prices to skyrocket over $100/t at NOLA last month. Spiking gas prices in Europe dominated the global urea market in August. Meanwhile, phosphates and potash saw prices decline due to ample supplies for any present demand and a slowing of export interest from traders in the U.S. ammonia prices in August, despite a continued slow period of domestic demand in the off-season following fill and prepay buying periods. August fertilizer pricing saw gains across the board for most nitrogen sources, as another wave of production curtailments at European production plants passed through the market in August.

Alabama is ready to use an untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia as early as later this month with the execution of Alan Miller.

DPIC was founded in 1990 and prepares in-depth reports, issues press releases, conducts briefings for the media, and serves as a resource to those working on this issue. He elaborates, “And when you look behind the data, the features that best characterize executions — race of victim, vulnerable defendants, when the case was tried, and the lack of meaningful judicial process — are illegitimate bases to administer the law. [Death Penalty Information Center](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/) has researched every death sentence imposed in the U.S. despite the constitutional prohibition against that practice, according to Dunham. “In doing so, the General Assembly ignored advances in scientific research and evolving standards of humanity and decency.” Fewer than 1.1% of counties account for half of death row. To date the execution method has never been used in any state. Thirty-year-old cases are coming up for execution that wouldn’t even be capitally prosecuted today,” says Dunham. Testimony showed that Miller was delusional and believed the men were spreading rumors about him, including that he was gay. [carried out by firing squad](https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2022/04/15/south-carolina-inmate-chooses-execution-by-firing-squad/). in half a century. Miller requested nitrogen hypoxia as his execution method years ago, but claims that prison staff lost his paperwork.

The state could execute Alan Eugene Miller using the nitrogen hypoxia method if the court says it cannot execute Miller by lethal injection.

The protocol for nitrogen hypoxia executions is not before any court in Alabama currently. [Read more: Alabama says untested nitrogen hypoxia method could be used for execution next week](https://www.al.com/news/2022/09/alabama-says-nitrogen-hypoxia-could-be-used-for-execution-next-week.html) The full protocol for nitrogen hypoxia executions likely will not be made public, Houts said. Alabama has never disclosed a protocol for how the executions would actually work. “That really is above my pay grade,” Houts responded. “I’m going to trust the courts.”

Velo Saddles has introduced its new Velo AtmosFoam (VAF), a nitrogen-infused foam designed to enhance performance and durability.

VAF is claimed to be lighter and more responsive compared to other foam compounds with finer pore structures. The company notes that VAF is lightweight, and provides support for the rider’s sit bones to improve comfort and performance. A release from the company added…

Alabama told a federal judge that it could be ready as soon as next week to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death ...

The steps must be added to the existing state protocol that describes the procedures for an execution using the electric chair or lethal injection. Oklahoma, which in 2015 was the first state to approve the use of nitrogen gas for use in executions, has not finalized plans to use it. [reached out](https://apnews.com/article/ok-state-wire-us-news-oklahoma-city-oklahoma-executions-bd3f9c1a8c5c0f2a22276e9fa337f618) to a manufacturer of reduced oxygen breathing units used to help train pilots on the signs and symptoms of hypoxia. The state has released little information about the proposed method. Nitrogen makes up 78% of the air inhaled by humans and is harmless when inhaled with oxygen. The Alabama Department of Corrections did not respond to an email seeking comment about the status of the proposed new execution method.

A federal judge ordered state officials to answer definitively by Thursday evening whether it could execute a man via an untested method by Sept. 22.

[execute Alan Eugene Miller by nitrogen hypoxia](https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2022/08/24/alan-eugene-miller-alabama-execution-nitrogen-september-22-2022/7876152001/) on Sept. Mississippi and Oklahoma are the only other states that have authorized nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution, although neither have used it or, as far as the public knows, come up with a way to use it, leaving Alabama to create a method of execution. No protocol has been filed in court or been made public. Thursday “definitively setting forth whether or not the Defendants can execute the Plaintiff by nitrogen hypoxia on September 22, 2022.” Kay Ivey in 2018 authorized nitrogen hypoxia for use in executions. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, ordered Hamm, Marshall or another “appropriate official with personal knowledge” to file an answer in court by 5 p.m.

Because no person has ever been executed by inhaling pure nitrogen, how the state will carry out a nitrogen hypoxia execution remains unclear.

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in 2019 that the evidence presented to the court indicated nitrogen hypoxia could cause more pain than lethal injection depending on how it is administered. Is it the type of mask that is used to deliver oxygen, but here it's just being attached to to a killing poison instead? One that is less invasive, and one that I think needs to be an option for the condemned." That's not to say that it is a wrong way of administering the nitrogen. "It’s about giving the prisoners the option for an alternative to what is currently being used, in terms of lethal injection,” Pittman said at the time. Tripp Pittman, R-Montrose, who introduced the bill to authorize nitrogen hypoxia in executions in 2018, called it a “more humane method.” Or is it just a question of adjusting the straps? 22, if he would be fitted with a gas mask, but the attorney did not specifically say whether the state will deliver the gas through a mask or gas chamber. The state also has not released details of that protocol to the public or even, as of Tuesday, the man who could be executed with it in just days. An ADOC attorney said the department has developed a protocol for it, but added that it has not been finalized. Nitrogen gas also has no odor or color, making it impossible to detect with the senses. [Alabama Department of Corrections](https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2022/08/03/alabama-prison-inmate-deaths-dakota-borden-family-has-questions-autopsy/10219890002/) indicated this week that there’s a “very good chance” it could carry out an execution by an untried method as early next week.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama told a federal judge that it could soon be ready to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out ...

Oklahoma, which in 2015 was the first state to approve the use of nitrogen gas for use in executions, has not finalized plans to use it. The steps must be added to the existing state protocol that describes the procedures for an execution using the electric chair or lethal injection. The state has released little information about the proposed method. Proponents have theorized that nitrogen hypoxia would be a simpler and more humane execution method. Nitrogen makes up 78% of the air inhaled by humans and is harmless when inhaled with oxygen. The Alabama Department of Corrections did not respond to an email seeking comment about the status of the proposed new execution method.

A man convicted in a Shelby County workplace shooting in the late 90s is set to be executed next week. The state may become the first in the country to use ...

We’re still waiting on the judge’s ruling in the hearing. Miller says he chose that method of execution in 2018 but the state says he did not. [Shelby County workplace shooting in the late 90s ](https://www.wbrc.com/2022/07/19/alabama-court-sets-sept-22-execution-1990-triple-killing/)is set to be executed next week.

The state of Alabama may use untried execution method nitrogen hypoxia later this month to carry out the death sentence of inmate Alan Miller.

Alabama told a federal judge that it could soon be ready to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence.

The steps must be added to the existing state protocol that describes the procedures for an execution using the electric chair or lethal injection. Oklahoma, which in 2015 was the first state to approve the use of nitrogen gas for use in executions, has not finalized plans to use it. [reached out](https://apnews.com/article/ok-state-wire-us-news-oklahoma-city-oklahoma-executions-bd3f9c1a8c5c0f2a22276e9fa337f618) to a manufacturer of reduced oxygen breathing units used to help train pilots on the signs and symptoms of hypoxia. Litigation is expected if the state decides to go forward with the method. The state has released little information about the proposed method. The state has resumed lethal injections. Proponents have theorized that nitrogen hypoxia would be a simpler and more humane execution method. Nitrogen makes up 78% of the air inhaled by humans and is harmless when inhaled with oxygen. The Alabama Department of Corrections did not respond to an email seeking comment about the status of the proposed new execution method. States began proposing nitrogen hypoxia as an alternate execution method because of difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs and ongoing litigation over the humaneness of lethal injection. However, lethal injection remains the state’s primary execution method. James Houts, a deputy state attorney general, said the method could be available as soon as next week.