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The corrections department said its death warrant for serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech would expire, and that it was considering next steps.

Critics who had worried the new execution method would be cruel and experimental said Smith’s final moments Thursday night proved they were right.

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

UN rights chief condemns US execution using nitrogen gas, calling it potentially torturous. Stay updated on this controversial method of punishment

Alabama plans to carry out the first known judicial execution of a prisoner using asphyxiation with nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, a closely watched new method the state hopes to advance as a viable, simpler alternative to lethal injections.

United Nations experts on Wednesday called on US authorities not to go ahead with the planned execution of an inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, saying the method may subject him to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or even torture".

A convicted murderer, James Coddington, was executed in Oklahoma on Thursday after the governor rejected a recommendation of clemency.

A man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend was executed in the southern US state of Alabama on Thursday despite objections from the victim's family.

US Supreme Court clears way for execution of Alabama inmate - Reeves was convicted of killing a driver who gave him a ride in 1996. The state said it was preparing to execute him by lethal injection.

During the robbery, he opened fire on two hotel employees of which one died instantly, and other Grant finished off with a knife, according to court documents.