Cursing, Spitting Inmate Executed in Alabama With Nitrogen Gas Ignites Fresh Debate on Method of Capital Punishment
Carey Dale Grayson was convicted of a 1994 hitchhiker murder.

An Alabama inmate found guilty of murdering a hitchhiker 30 years ago on Thursday became the third person in America to be executed using nitrogen gas, furthering the ongoing debate about whether the method is an inhumane way to carry out death penalty sentences.
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