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The corrections department said its death warrant for serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech would expire, and that it was considering next steps.
Critics who had worried the new execution method would be cruel and experimental said Smith’s final moments Thursday night proved they were right.
The US state of Alabama carried out the execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday using nitrogen gas.
UN rights chief condemns US execution using nitrogen gas, calling it potentially torturous. Stay updated on this controversial method of punishment
Alabama plans to carry out the first known judicial execution of a prisoner using asphyxiation with nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, a closely watched new method the state hopes to advance as a viable, simpler alternative to lethal injections.