Nitrogen gas execution of Kenneth Smith eviscerated by experts | US News
Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, died in a nitrogen gas execution involving the untested hypoxia method in Alabama, US.
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Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, died in a nitrogen gas execution involving the untested hypoxia method in Alabama, US.
Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first US death row inmate executed by nitrogen asphyxia
It'll be the second time the state has tried to put Kenneth Eugene Smith to death. This time, the state is using an untested method.
Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again placed the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel and experimental.
A prisoner in Alabama has become the first inmate in the world to be executed with nitrogen gas.