Alabama plans to carry out first nitrogen gas execution
Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, is scheduled to be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia.
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Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, is scheduled to be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia.
Judge Camille Buras called in a 90-person pool and told prospective jurors that the trial could last between 6-8 days.
On Jan. 25, convicted killer and Alabama native Kenneth Eugene Smith is set to become the first inmate in U.S. history to be executed by means of nitrogen hypoxia, a method that Smith's attorneys refer to as 'experimental' and one recently admonished by the United Nations.
Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, is scheduled to be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia.
Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, is scheduled to be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia.