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The execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith (July 4, 1965 – January 25, 2024) took place in the U.S. state of Alabama by means of nitrogen hypoxia. It was the first execution in the world to use this particular method.
Jan 26, 2024 · Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, 58, was put to death after the US Supreme Court declined a legal bid to halt his sentence. His official time of death was 8.25pm on Thursday (2.25am UK time).
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Kenneth Smith has become the first-ever inmate to be killed by nitrogen gas after Alabama state officials used a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen.
Jan 26, 2024 · The governor of the US state of Alabama Kay Ivey says prison officials have put to death Eugene Kenneth Smith, a convicted murderer, completing the first execution using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas.
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 · The jury made a recommendation for a life sentence but the judge overruled the recommendation, instead sentencing him to death. Kenneth Eugene Smith, who became the first US prisoner to be executed by nitrogen gas on Thursday night, told his family he loved them before he was killed.
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Jan 26, 2024 · Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was executed by nitrogen hypoxia, in which he was strapped to a gurney and made to breathe nitrogen gas through a mask apparatus, depriving him of oxygen, prison...
