Demetrius Frazier is scheduled for execution in Alabama on February 6, 2025 by nitrogen gas asphyxiation. He was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1991 murder of Pauline Brown.
Case-specific details are pending. Please sign this petition to receive updates in this case, and watch for the follow-up email which will direct you to related petitions regarding transparency in Alabama executions and opposing the use of the gas suffocation method of executions.
Regarding Gas Suffocation Executions:
Kenneth Smith and Alan Miller were both fully conscious for several minutes as the nitrogen gas suffocated them. Carey Grayson was fully conscious for at least six minutes as the nitrogen gas suffocated him. This method of execution is the conscious suffocation of human beings, and it is abhorrent and absolutely torture. It amounts to cruel and unusual punishment which is barred by the U.S. Constitution.
The vast majority of states with capital punishment continue on a downward trend of executions, Alabama has continued to go against trend by carrying on with scheduled execution dates.
Alabama must delay all executions to allow for a thorough study of its capital punishment process and consider the serious objections raised as to how it administers the death penalty. Alabama has repeatedly shown that it is not capable of carrying out executions – amounting to cruel punishment and the torture of prisoners.
Please take action and sign the petition to stop this execution.