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I read with interest Wednesday’s article about the upcoming execution in Alabama using nitrogen gas. I especially noted the quotation by Dr. Jeffrey Keller of the American College of Correctional Physicians, where he stated that the procedure would be like “putting a bag over one’s head.”
Death row inmate Kenneth Smith was executed in Alabama Thursday night, becoming the first person in the US to be put to death by nitrogen gas, officials confirmed.
Kenneth Smith has become the first-ever inmate to be killed by nitrogen gas after Alabama state officials used a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen
Kenneth Smith, 58, became the first-ever inmate in the USA to be put to death by toxic gas following an execution at Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility
A death row inmate in Alabama is scheduled to become the first ever person put to death by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday.