Karen Lane was beaten to death by Gregory Hunt in 1988. On June 10, he became the fifth inmate executed by nitrogen gas.

Hunt's execution marks Alabama's third this year, on pace to match the six it carried out last year, and the fifth time it ...

The state of Alabama has executed Gregory Hunt by nitrogen hypoxia for the 1988 murder of Karen Lane. A doctor pronounced Hunt to dead at 6:26 p.m. June 10. His death marked Alabama's third ...

Less than an hour later, Alabama used the controversial nitrogen gas method to execute Gregory Hunt for the 1988 rape and murder of 32-year-old Karen Lane, a woman he had been dating for a month.

Gregory Hunt became the third inmate executed in Alabama this year, and only the sixth person in the US to be put to death using the controversial method.