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 ...

Why was Kenneth Eugene Smith on death row? - Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted of murdering Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett in a murder-for-hire plot in Colbert County, Alabama ...

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 Smith killed by nitrogen gas in first death row case of its kind - Kenneth Smith was said to have thrashed violently and repeatedly gasped for air during the 22-minute execution watched by his ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted of murder, was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. Photo: Dan Anderson/Shutterstock ...