Alabama carries out first execution by nitrogen hypoxia
At 8:25 p.m. Thursday, Alabama became the first state in the United States to use nitrogen hypoxia to execute an individual. The event marks a major milestone for a state run by a Republican supermajority that prides itself on pro-life and Christian values. Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed by nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama for his […]
Smith put to death by nitrogen gas; ‘justice has been served’
“Justice has been served.” At 8:25 p.m. Thursday, Kenneth Eugene Smith was pronounced dead after being executed for the murder of Elizabeth Sennett nearly 35 years ago. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall authorized the execution to begin at 7:56 p.m. at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, his office announced. “Justice has been […]
Alabama Conducts First Nitrogen Gas Execution In US: REPORT
Alabama carried out its first nitrogen gas execution Thursday night, following a Supreme Court ruling denying attempts to block its use. Kenneth Smith, a 58-year-old Alabama inmate, died at 8:25 p.m., moments before speaking his final words, accusing the state of taking a “step backwards” in the execution process. according to Go to NPR. (Related: […]
Court allows nitrogen gas execution to proceed
A federal appeals court has denied Kenneth Eugene Smith's motion to stay the death penalty, clearing the way for Alabama to execute Smith by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court also failed. In a 2-1 decision, judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled against Smith's […]
Supreme Court Declines To Stop Alabama From Executing Inmate With Nitrogen Gas
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to block the execution of a convicted murderer in Alabama using an untested method. State officials botched their first plan. tried Kenneth Smith's execution is scheduled for November 2022. Smith, who was sentenced to death for a 1988 commission murder, is scheduled to be executed using nitrogen gas within […]
Kenneth Smith, execution survivor, set to receive nitrogen gas execution Thursday
On Thursday, for the first time in U.S. history, an Alabama inmate will be executed using nitrogen gas.Kenneth Smith survived the first execution attempt In November 2022. Smith was arrested in 1988 on his side The murder of a pastor's wife, Elizabeth Sennett, in Sheffield, Alabama. Charles Sennett hired Smith and two others for $1,000 […]
U.N. experts express alarm over Alabama’s planned execution via nitrogen hypoxia
on wednesday, Expert The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern about anticipated executions by nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama and called on state and federal authorities to halt the practice. Alabama plans to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith on January 25 using nitrogen hypoxia, an untested method that has never been used to carry out the death […]
