Second Alabama man to be executed by nitrogen gas
The state recently executed Kenneth Eugene Smith with the controversial method condemned by the UN.
Source: yahoo.com
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The state recently executed Kenneth Eugene Smith with the controversial method condemned by the UN.
Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, is the first person to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia for his role in a 1988 murder-for-hire that ended with the death of Elizabeth Sennett.
As US states search for a new method to put criminals to death, the gas is being used for first time.
A death row inmate in Alabama is scheduled to be executed on Thursday using nitrogen gas, a method vets have deemed too cruel for animals.