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Alabama condemned for nitrogen gas execution: ‘They intended to torture him’

State’s ‘slow and agonizing’ execution of Kenneth Smith using an untested method labeled as cruel by experts and advocates

The Guardian - US · Jan 26, 2024

Alabama Executes Hitman Kenneth Smith In US' First Known Nitrogen Gas Punishment

Kenneth Smith on Thursday became the United States' first known inmate to have been executed through nitrogen hypoxia after his botched lethal injection execution in 2022.

International Business Times · Jan 26, 2024

Alabama death row inmate 'writhed for minutes' in first execution using nitrogen gas

Kenneth Eugene Smith said in a final statement: 'Tonight Alabama causes humanity to take a step backwards'

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2024

Alabama Set To Use Experimental Execution Method

In killing Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia, the state would be using him as a "test subject," Smith's lawyers argue.

Reason · Jan 11, 2024

Judge rules Kenneth Smith execution by nitrogen gas can move forward

Convicted murderer expected to be put to death later this month in first execution of its kind

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024

Federal judge says Alabama can carry out nation’s 1st execution using nitrogen gas; appeal likely

A federal judge says Alabama can carry out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas despite claims the method is cruel and untested

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024

UN experts demand first execution by nitrogen gas in US is called off over 'grave suffering' concerns

Concerns 'cruel' state execution method would result 'in a painful and humiliating death'

Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2024

Alabama’s new execution method could be dangerous for everyone in the room

Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to become the first death row inmate to be executed with nitrogen. His pastor says the untested procedure is a cruel violation of religious liberties, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

Alabama inmate asks judge to block first nitrogen gas execution

Lawyers for the first inmate scheduled to be put to death using nitrogen gas said Monday that Alabama is seeking to make him the “test case” for an experimental execution method

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Alabama sets date for first death row execution using nitrogen gas

Officials previously tried to put 58-year-old Kenneth Eugene Smith to death in 2022

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023