Death row prisoner to be executed in method vets say is too cruel for animals
A death row inmate in Alabama is scheduled to be executed on Thursday using nitrogen gas, a method vets have deemed too cruel for animals.
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A death row inmate in Alabama is scheduled to be executed on Thursday using nitrogen gas, a method vets have deemed too cruel for animals.
Alabama intends to carry out the first known execution by nitrogen gas this week, when it’s scheduled to put to death Kenneth Smith some 14 months after failing to carry out his capital punishment by lethal injection.
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Kenneth Smith has previously said that he is “terrified” by the prospect of being killed with nitrogen gas.
A death row inmate in Alabama is scheduled to be executed on Thursday, Jan. 25, using nitrogen gas. It will be the first U.S. execution carried out this way.