Alabama executes Carey Grayson by nitrogen gas in third use of method this year
Alabama executed Carey Grayson, 49, by nitrogen gas on Thursday, marking the third use of this method in the state this year. Grayson was pronounced dead at 6:33 PM at the William Holman Correctional Facility. Grayson was sentenced to death for the 1994 murder of Vickie Deblieux, who was hitchhiking. He chose nitrogen gas over lethal injection. Witnesses reported he reacted violently as the gas was administered. United Nations experts had urged Alabama to stop the execution, calling nitrogen asphyxiation potentially cruel and inhumane. They advocated for a moratorium on executions in the U.S., where 23 states have abolished the death penalty.