“#DeathPenalty experts have decried what is in effect a human experiment. The choice of Smith as the first candidate for the technique, less than a year after he experienced a failed execution, has also been criticized as a double violation of the eighth amendment protection against ‘cruel and unusual punishments”. #HumanRights #AbolishTheDeathPenalty https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/02/alabama-execution-nitrogen-kenneth-smith