Frazier is set to die by nitrogen gas for the murder of Pauline Brown in Birmingham, Alabama in 1991. Critics say the method amounts to torture.

Prosecutors said on Nov. 27, 1991, that Frazier, then 19, broke into Brown’s apartment through a window while she was asleep.

This undated photo released by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Demetrius Frazier, who is scheduled to be executed ...

A serial rapist and murderer is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in Alabama, the fourth use of the controversial execution ...

A serial rapist and murderer is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in Alabama on Thursday, the fourth use of the ...

Demetrius Terrence Frazier is set to be executed with nitrogen gas for the rape and murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown in ...

The fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., taking place in Alabama, is on track to continue as planned. Demetrius Frazier ...

Scheduled to die Thursday in Alabama, Frazier would be the first man to be executed while technically under the state of ...

Pauline Brown was described as a family-oriented woman and hard worker. She was raped and killed by Demetrius Frazier on Nov.