Priest to death row inmates urges Mississippi to repeal nitrogen as form of execution

Mississippi Today Ideas is a platform for thoughtful ideas to be shared about our state’s past, present and future. Opinions expressed in guest essays are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of Mississippi Today. You canread more about the section here. I have watched two men killed with nitrogen. Both still haunt me. In late 2023, Kenneth Smith asked me to be…