Kenneth Smith's execution condemned with 43 more death row inmates slated to die by nitrogen: Updates
Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first US death row inmate executed by nitrogen asphyxia
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Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first US death row inmate executed by nitrogen asphyxia
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House is "deeply troubled" by the execution of a man in Alabama by nitrogen gas.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House is "deeply troubled" by Alabama's experimental execution in which a man was put to death by nitrogen gas.
In a news conference on Friday, Alabama's attorney general Steve Marshall described the execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen hypoxia as flawless.
Alabama became the first to use the execution method Thursday to execute Smith, who was convicted as part of a murder-for-hire scheme in 1988.