Alabama to use nitrogen gas to execute killer Kenneth Eugene Smith
The execution will be the first attempt to use a new execution method in the United States since the 1982 introduction of lethal injection.
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The execution will be the first attempt to use a new execution method in the United States since the 1982 introduction of lethal injection.
Smith's pastor John Ewell told DailyMail.com that the convicted killer, 58, is 'really struggling' to come to terms with potentially becoming the first person to be executed by nitrogen gas.
The 58-year-old convicted killer had a firefighters-style mask placed over his face as he was strapped to a gurney inside the execution chamber at the William C. Holman prison in Atmore, Alabama.
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the U.S. at the forefront
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