Alabama set to execute a man with nitrogen gas for 1991 murder and rape
Demetrius Terrence Frazier, 52, was convicted of the 1991 murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown. Prosecutors said Frazier raped and shot her after breaking into her Birmingham apartment. If carried out, Frazier’s execution will be the third in the United States in 2025 and the first in Alabama this year.