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Atmore, Alabama (CNN) — Alabama has put to death Kenneth Smith, the first death row inmate known to die by nitrogen gas, marking the emergence of a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/alabama-inmate-kenneth-smith-executed-with-nitrogen-gas-marking-the-emergence-of-a-wholly-new-method-of-capital-punishment/">Read More</a>

Kenneth Smith was sentenced to death for a 1988 murder, but survived the state’s first attempt to execute him.

Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution to be carried out using that method.

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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Dakin Andone, Holly Yan and Caitlin Danaher, CNN