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ATMORE, Alabama: Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again placed the US at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel and experimental.

The UN human rights chief has expressed deep regret over the execution of a prisoner in the United States on Thursday night through the countrys first ever use of nitrogen asphyxiation as a method of implementing the death penalty.

Warning: Graphic content A man put to death using nitrogen gas shook and convulsed for minutes on the gurney as Alabama carried out the first-of-its-kind...

The US state of Alabama carried out the execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday using nitrogen gas.

Alabama carried out the first ever execution using nitrogen gas in the United States. More states are likely to follow suit. But critics say that despite claims to the contrary, this method is cruel and inhumane.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Alabama can proceed with using nitrogen gas to put a man to death.

The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel and experimental.

Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to be put to death by nitrogen gas on Thursday night, the first time the method is being used in capital punishment in the U.S.

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