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Michelle Del Rey

BIZARRE: Judge rules kenneth smith execution by nitrogen gas can move forward - You Need To See This

Alabama Department of Corrections

A federal judge has ordered that the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, the first ever by nitrogen gas, can go ahead as planned in Alabama later this month.

Smith’s attorneys filed a November appeal against the decision to execute him using the method, which has never been tested, and has been condemned by the United Nations as possible “cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment.”

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