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The state plans to put a respirator mask over Kenneth Eugene Smith's face and replace his breathing air with pure nitrogen gas, causing him to die from lack of oxygen.
Kenneth Eugene Smith will become the first-ever American to be executed by toxic nitrogen gas in Alabama - but Rev Dr Jeff Hood fears he will die too as he sits by his side as his spiritual advisor
Smith has previously said that his post-traumatic stress disorder causes him to suffer extreme nausea
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.
Alabama will attempt to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a never before used execution method that the state claims will be humane but critics call cruel and experimental.