Demetrius Frazier was convicted of capital murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown in Birmingham, Alabama in 1991. If the execution proceeds, Frazier will be the third inmate executed in the U.S. in 2025.

Critics say it amounts to torture while proponents praise its effectiveness. Frazier was the third inmate executed in the U.S. in 2025. Alabama executed Demetrius Terrance Frazier by nitrogen gas ...

Demetrius Frazier became the fourth inmate in the US to be put to death by the method as he served his sentence for the 1991 murder of Pauline Brown at the Holman Correctional Facility.

Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. at a south Alabama prison for his murder conviction in the 1991 rape and killing of Pauline Brown, 41. It was the first execution in Alabama ...