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
Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was on death row for more than three decades The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas. It’s the first time the controversial method – criticised by human rights advocates – has been used in the country. Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed … Read more
Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas on Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the US at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel and experimental. Officials said Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was … Read more
The execution will be the first attempt to use a new execution method since the 1982 introduction of lethal injection, now the most common execution method in the United States. Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Alabama says it … Read more