Eugene Kenneth Smith has spent decades on death row at Holman ... At his trial Smith admitted to being present when the victim was killed, but said he did not take part in the attack.

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 ...

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 ...

Alabama approved the use of nitrogen hypoxia for executions in 2018, as the primary method of lethal injection has become increasingly difficult due to a shortage of the necessary drugs.

Kenneth Eugene Smith was put to death Thursday night at ... disparage our state's justice system and to deny justice to the victims of heinous murders, our proven method offers a blueprint for ...

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 planned execution of an Alabama death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia next week amounts to torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, a top United Nations human rights official ...

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