Alabama gasses prisoner with nitrogen in first new execution method in decades
Updated: 5pm (AEDT) Atmore, Alabama Reuters Alabama on Thursday executed convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who held his breath in vain as officials asphyxiated him with nitrogen gas, the first use of a new method of capital punishment since lethal injections began in the US four decades ago. Smith, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire, was a […]
Alabama prepares to carry out first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
Atmore, Alabama Reuters Alabama was preparing on Thursday to carry out the first execution of a condemned prisoner using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas, a new method the state hopes to advance as a simpler alternative to lethal injections. Kenneth Smith, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire, is a rare prisoner who has already survived one execution […]