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Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted killer whose 2022 lethal injection was called off at the last minute because authorities could not connect an IV line, is scheduled to be executed at an Alabama prison
Alabama's plan to execute a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas was labelled by campaigners as part of a 'Nazi legacy of experimentation that should not be repeated'
Alabama, unless blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court, will attempt to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas on Thursday night.
Alabama plans to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen gas, a method the state says is humane but credit slam as cruel.
As of January 2024, there are 24 states that have the death penalty and 23 that do not, according to the Death Penalty Information Center - with Alabama set to become the first to use nitrogen gas as a method.