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Kenneth Eugene Smith died after 'barely touching' his final meal of steak and eggs and signed 'I love you' to family as nitrogen began flowing into his mask during his Alabama execution.
The Supreme Court has rejected Kenneth Eugene Smith's Hail Mary request for a stay in execution, meaning he is set to become the first person in history to be put to death with nitrogen gas.
Smith's pastor John Ewell told DailyMail.com that the convicted killer, 58, is 'really struggling' to come to terms with potentially becoming the first person to be executed by nitrogen gas.
The 58-year-old convicted killer had a firefighters-style mask placed over his face as he was strapped to a gurney inside the execution chamber at the William C. Holman prison in Atmore, Alabama.
Kenneth Eugene Smith was shaking, writhing, and thrashing up and down on the gurney for two whole minutes after the nitrogen gas started filling up his mask.