Prisoner killed in nitrogen gasoline execution ‘used like a guinea pig’, says acquitted loss of life row inmate

Nick Yarris, a former loss of life row prisoner, has advised Sky News the execution of a person in Alabama with nitrogen gasoline is "horrifying".

Mr Yarris, who was acquitted of rape and homicide after spending 22 years in jail in Pennsylvania, mentioned the prisoner was used "like a guinea pig" in an "experiment".

Convicted assassin Kenneth Smith, 58, grew to become the primary inmate to be executed utilizing the gasoline after the US Supreme Court declined a authorized bid to halt his sentence.

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