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Kenneth Eugene Smith will become the first-ever American to be executed by toxic nitrogen gas in Alabama - but Rev Dr Jeff Hood fears he will die too as he sits by his side as his spiritual advisor

An Alabama death row inmate has made a plea just hours before he is scheduled to be executed using nitrogen gas for the first time in the USA's history.

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A convicted murderer on death row in Alabama is set to become the first American to be executed with nitrogen gas.

The method involves putting a respirator-type face mask over the nose and mouth to replace breathable air with nitrogen, causing death from lack of oxygen.

Alabama will attempt to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a never before used execution method that the state claims will be humane but critics call cruel and experimental.

Alabama is set to become the first state to use using nitrogen gas — a controversial method said to be painless that experts warn is an untested human "experiment" — in Kenneth Smith's execution Thursday.

ATMORE, Ala. — Preparations were underway Thursday to put an Alabama man to death using nitrogen gas — the first execution of its kind in the nation — as…

The method involves putting a respirator-type face mask over the nose and mouth to replace breathable air with nitrogen, causing death from lack of oxygen.