Who is Demetrius Frazier? Behind Alabama’s first inmate set to be executed in 2025 [Video]

On Tuesday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey authorized what is to be the state’s first execution of 2025.Demetrius Terrence Frazier is set to die between the hours of 12 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6 and 6 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, by way of nitrogen hypoxia.Alabama was the first in the nation to utilize the controversial execution method, described as a “human experiment” by some detractors, having done so a total of three times since January of 2024.Attorneys for Frazier have an ongoing federal lawsuit seeking to block the state from carrying out his execution unless the state makes changes to the protocol. His lawyers argued the nitrogen gas causes “conscious suffocation” and that earlier nitrogen executions did not result in swift unconsciousness and death.“Conscious suffocation violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment because it superadds terror and pain,” attorneys for Frazier wrote in a November court filing. …