ATMORE − The State of Alabama executed Carey Dale Grayson by nitrogen gas hypoxia Thursday evening for the brutal 1994 Jefferson County murder of a hitchhiker. It was Alabama's sixth execution for the ...
An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker on Thursday became the third person executed by nitrogen gas in both the U.S. and Alabama. The United States Supreme Court ...
Grayson chose nitrogen gas for his method of execution instead of lethal injection. United Nations experts urged the Alabama authorities on Wednesday to halt the execution.