Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith put to death in first U.S. nitrogen gas execution
NBC News reports an Alabama man was put to death using nitrogen gas in a first-of-its-kind execution.
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NBC News reports an Alabama man was put to death using nitrogen gas in a first-of-its-kind execution.
Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution to be carried out using that method.
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Dakin Andone, Holly Yan and Caitlin Danaher, CNN
Kenneth Eugene Smith was set to become the first person executed in the United States using nitrogen gas.
Alabama is moving forward with its plan to carry out the first execution in the United States using nitrogen gas.A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that the execution method