Kenneth Smith

‘Cruel, inhuman’: Alabama faces international criticism over nitrogen gas execution

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‘Cruel, inhuman’: Alabama faces international criticism over nitrogen gas execution

WASHINGTON: The White House said Friday it was “deeply troubled” by the first-ever execution in the United States using nitrogen gas, an untested method which also drew condemnation from the United Nations and European Union.The southern state of Alabama put Kenneth Smith, a 58-year-old convicted murderer, to death on Thursday by pumping nitrogen gas into … Read more

UN experts sound alarm over planned first US execution by nitrogen gas

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UN experts sound alarm over planned first US execution by nitrogen gas

GENEVA: United Nations experts on Wednesday called on US authorities not to go ahead with the planned execution of an inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, saying the method may subject him to “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or even torture”.Kenneth Smith, convicted for a murder-for-hire committed in 1988, is scheduled to be executed in the US … Read more