Alabama first nitrogen gas execution sparks controversy
Alabama put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, the first time the controversial method criticized by human rights advocates.
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Alabama put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, the first time the controversial method criticized by human rights advocates.
The US state of Alabama on Thursday used nitrogen gas to put to death a convicted murderer.
US News: Alabama makes history by executing Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen gas, raising concerns about the humanity and legality of this method. Read more about the first US execution using nitrogen gas.
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Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(ATMORE, Ala.) -- An Alabama man has become the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for his alleged role in the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. Her husband, Charles Sennett, allegedly hired someone -- who, in turn, hired two men, including Smith -- to kill his wife and make it look like a burglary gone wrong. Smith was to be executed in November 2022 via lethal injection, but, despite multiple attempts, officials were not able to insert an intravenous line to administer the drugs be...