Alabama prepares to carry out the first US execution by nitrogen gas

 

January 26, 2024



ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Unless blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court, Alabama will attempt to put a man to death with nitrogen gas Thursday night, a never used execution method that the state claims will be humane but critics call cruel and experimental.

Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted killer whose 2022 lethal injection was called off at the last minute because authorities couldn't connect an IV line, is scheduled to be executed at a south Alabama prison.

Alabama plans to put a respirator mask over Smith's face and replace the air he is breathing with pure nitrogen gas, causing him to di...



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