89 minutes ago Alabama man shook and gasped in final moments of nitrogen gas execution

Death of Carey Dale Grayson, 50, marks third time the US state has killed someone using controversial methodAn Alabama man convicted in the 1994 killing of a hitchhiker cursed at the prison warden and made obscene gestures shortly before he was put to death on Thursday evening in the nation’s third execution using nitrogen gas – as the daughter of his victim spoke out against capital punishment.Carey Dale Grayson, 50, was executed at the William Holman correctional facility in southern Alabama. He was one of four teenagers convicted of killing Vickie DeBlieux, 37, as she hitchhiked through the state on the way to her mother’s home in Louisiana. The woman was attacked, beaten and thrown off a cliff. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Death Row killer's final meal and drink before grim execution compared to 'torture'

Carey Dale Grayson was executed last night (November 21) via nitrogen gas hypoxia, a method which has been compared to "torture" by witnesses and heavily criticised

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12 hours ago Death Row killer spews 7 sickening last words and makes obscene gesture as he's executed by nitrogen gas

Carey Dale Grayson, 52, became the third person to be executed using nitrogen gas in the US on Thursday after he was convicted for the brutal 1994 murder of hitchhiker Vickie Deblieux

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13 hours ago Carey Dale Grayson is executed with nitrogen gas after one final outburst as his final meal is revealed

Carey Dale Grayson, 50, was executed in Alabama on Thursday for the grisly 1994 murder and bludgeoning of hitchhiker Vickie Deblieux, 37, when he was just 19 years old.

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13 hours ago Alabama killer curses and makes obscene gesture as he becomes third death row inmate executed by nitrogen gas

Grayson was pronounced dead on Thursday evening at William C. Holman Correctional Facility

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14 hours ago Alabama puts to death inmate Carey Dale Grayson in third execution using nitrogen gas in US

Grayson was pronounced dead on Thursday evening at William C. Holman Correctional Facility

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14 hours ago Death row inmate executed by 'torturous' method after desperate last words

Carey Dale Grayson was executed in Alabama, US, following his conviction for the horrific murder of Vickie Deblieux, whom he savagely assaulted and threw off a cliff

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15 hours ago Death row man executed in 'agonising torture' method after desperate pleas

Carey Dale Grayson has become the third person in the US to be executed via nitrogen gas hypoxia, a method that critics have called torture and that has seen previous executions marred by problems

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21 hours ago What we know about Carey Dale Grayson, the Alabama inmate set to die by nitrogen gas

Grayson’s three accomplices managed to escape execution because they were under 18 at the time of Deblieux’s murder

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