After Smith survived an initial execution attempt in 2022 via lethal injection, he elected to be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia, a process that slowly deprives prisoners of oxygen.

Kenneth Smith has become the first-ever inmate to be killed by nitrogen gas after Alabama state officials used a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen ...

Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed on Thursday, almost three decades after he was convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire plot of Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett.

A federal judge has ordered that the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, the first ever by nitrogen gas, can go ahead as planned in Alabama later this month.. Smith’s attorneys filed a November ...

Kenneth Smith is set to be executed by the state of Alabama using a controversial method of nitrogen gas, which has never been used before, after his lawyers failed to stop the "cruel" death sentence ...

Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith thrashed violently and repeatedly gasped for air during a 22-minute execution as he became the first inmate to be put to death with nitrogen gas.. The 58-year-old ...

Kenneth Smith, 58, who was sentenced to death for his role in the 1988 murder-for-hire plot of a preacher's wife, was originally set to be executed in November 2022 with a lethal injection, ...

At 8:01 p.m., a correctional officer in the execution chamber leaned over Smith and examined his face, before stepping away and walking back to his post. Smith appeared to stop breathing at 8:08 p.m.

Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first person in the world to be put to death using nitrogen gas, after his execution was carried out on Thursday at an Alabama prison.. Smith, 58, was pronounced ...

Asked how Smith was faring just hours ahead of the execution, Dr Hood said: “I think that Kenny is remaining strong, that he’s pushing ahead, and I’m incredibly proud of him.

Kenneth Smith’s nitrogen execution was ‘textbook’ and will be used again, Alabama AG says: updates. Attorney General Steve Marshall said that after Thursday night, ‘nitrogen hypoxia as a ...

Kenneth Eugene Smith’s religious adviser Reverend Jeff Hood, who witnessed the execution, told reporters afterwards that what he saw was a man “struggling for their life” for a staggering 22 ...