On January 25th, 2024, Alabama executed Kenneth Eugene Smith who was sentenced to death not by a jury but by a judge who overrode his jury. His jury had voted 11 to 1 for life in prison.

Yes, but: The method is described as cruel and horrific by Little Rock Reverend Jeff Hood, who witnessed the first U.S.

Alabama’s second nitrogen gas execution ... the nitrogen gas method after media witnesses at the execution of Kenneth Smith in January reported that the man suffered what may have amounted ...

Those four states included Alabama. The Yellowhammer state executed six people in 2024: Kenneth Smith, Jamie Mills, Keith Gavin, Alan Miller, Derrick Dearman, and Carey Grayson. Smith, Miller ...

MORE: Alabama performs 1st nitrogen gas execution: What to know about ... became the first state to execute a prisoner, Kenneth Eugene Smith, by nitrogen gas in January of this year.

Alabama is set to execute James Osgood in the period ... In 2024, Ivey ordered the most executions of any state at six. The state executed Kenneth Eugene Smith, Jamie R. Mills, Keith Edmund Gavin, ...

Half of the men were executed using nitrogen gas hypoxia, a controversial method that was first used on Kenneth Eugene Smith on Jan. 25, 2024. More: Alabama tied an execution record in 2024 ...