UN experts call on US to stop first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : A previous plan to execute him in November 2022 by lethal injection was canceled when prison officials were unable to find a suitable vein.
48% : "The statement was signed by the UN rapporteurs on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz; on torture, Alice Jill Edwards; on the right to health, Tlaeng Mofokeng; and on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, all of whom are part of the so-called Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council.
41% : The experts urged federal and state authorities in the United States and the state of Alabama to halt the execution by nitrogen asphyxiation of Kenneth Smith, scheduled for Jan. 25, and all other prisoners scheduled to die by this method, pending a review of the execution protocol.
36% : The UN experts also expressed "regret" at the continuation of executions in the US, which go against global trends toward abolition, saying botched executions, lack of transparency in execution protocols and the use of untested drugs in this country have already drawn UN criticism.

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