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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 · ATMORE − Kenneth Eugene Smith appeared to convulse and shake vigorously for about four minutes after the nitrogen gas apparently began flowing through his full-face mask in Alabama's death...
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 · Officials said Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. at an Alabama prison after breathing pure nitrogen gas through a face mask to cause oxygen deprivation.
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 · 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 ...
The Supreme Court has refused to grant a last-minute reprieve to an Alabama death row inmate facing the first ever US execution by nitrogen inhalation.
