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Kenneth Eugene Smith, a death row prisoner at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama was executed Thursday night using nitrogen gas, the first known instance in the world.
Kenneth Smith, 58, is due to be the first-ever prisoner to be killed by nitrogen hypoxia which will see him suffocate and cause him to fall unconscious quickly and die from a lack of oxygen
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The method involves putting a respirator-type face mask over the nose and mouth to replace breathable air with nitrogen, causing death from lack of oxygen.
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