DEATH row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith writhed for minutes in his final moments as he was executed with deadly nitrogen gas. Kenneth, 58, was becoming part of a morbid history as the first man in ...

The justices have twice declined, along with a federal appeals court, to block what Kenneth Eugene Smith's lawyers call a "cruel and unusual" punishment. Opponents say using nitrogen gas could ...

Alabama has executed convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, the first time the method of capital punishment has been used globally. A witness told the BBC that Smith thrashed ...

Kenneth Eugene Smith, an inmate in the US State of Alabama, Thursday became the first person ever to be put to death through the controversial nitrogen hypoxia mechanism. “Tonight Alabama caused ...

27 at 6:00 a.m. ET. It comes after Alabama became the first state to execute a prisoner, Kenneth Eugene Smith, by nitrogen ...

Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived Alabama's previous attempt to put him to death by lethal injection in 2022, is scheduled to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday. If carried out ...

Kenneth Eugene Smith – who was convicted of a murder-for-hire killing that occurred in 1988 – was executed via nitrogen hypoxia, with pure nitrogen gas replacing his air supply. It marked the ...

Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was sentenced to death ... READ MORE: Execution of Kenneth Smith could lead to more inmates being killed by gas On January 25, Kenneth Smith was named the first prisoner ...

Evansville, WI - Kenneth Gene Smith, age 68, passed away at home on January 9th, 2025. He was born on April 22 in Janesville, WI, the son of Eugene and Audriene Smith. He graduated from Oregon ...