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Smith was convicted of the March 18, 1988 contract killing of Elizabeth Sennett in Colbert County, Alabama. Charles Sennett Sr., Elizabeth's husband, recruited Billy Gray Williams to murder his wife. Williams in turn recruited Smith and John Forrest Parker to assist in the murder.
Jan 26, 2024 · Alabama has executed convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, the first time the method of capital punishment has been used globally. A witness told the BBC that Smith thrashed...
Jan 26, 2024 · A death row inmate has been executed using a novel method. Why have authorities in Alabama used nitrogen gas, and why is it controversial? Kenneth Eugene Smith was originally scheduled to be...
Jan 26, 2024 · Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Now Alabama’s attorney general wants to help ...
Jan 25, 2024 · The inmate, Kenneth Smith, was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. Central time at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., after the U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal to stay...
Jan 26, 2024 · Kenneth Eugene Smith was put to death Thursday night at a state prison in Atmore, Alabama. A journalist who witnessed the execution told the BBC that Smith thrashed violently on the gurney....
Jan 26, 2024 · Left: A photo provided by Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife. Right: Alabama's...