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Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, refusing to block what would be the nation’s first
A federal appeals court says Alabama can carry out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to block the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia. Alabama says it plans to replace the 58-year-old’s breathing air with nitrogen gas Thursday, rendering him unconscious within seconds and killing him within minutes. Critics say the execution method violates a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Smith is expected to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. He is one of two men c...
Kenneth Eugene Smith is set to become the first known person to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia later this week.
Alabama will be allowed to put Kenneth Eugene Smith to death with nitrogen gas, a federal court ruled. The ruling refuses to block what would be the first execution by new method since 1982.
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — An Alabama inmate scheduled to be the first person in the United States to be put to death with nitrogen gas is waiting to see if he will receive a last-minute reprieve from federal courts in his bid to halt the...