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Alabama carries out nation’s 3rd nitrogen gas execution on a man for a hitchhiker's killing

Abe Bonowitz of Death Penalty Action leads a outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, against a scheduled execution in Alabama using nitrogen gas. (Kim Chandler/Associated Press)

Abe Bonowitz of Death Penalty Action leads a outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, against a scheduled execution in Alabama using nitrogen gas. (Kim Chandler/Associated Press)

A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, against a scheduled execution in Alabama using nitrogen gas. (Kim Chandler/Associated Press)

A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, against a scheduled execution in Alabama using nitrogen gas. (Kim Chandler/Associated Press)

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Carey Dale Grayson, one of the state's death row inmates who asked to have his execution carried out by nitrogen gas. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Carey Dale Grayson, one of the state's death row inmates who asked to have his execution carried out by nitrogen gas. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)