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 ...

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 ...

After Alabama became the first state to execute a death row prisoner via nitrogen gas in January, the state is set to perform the second-ever execution on Thursday.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Alabama alleges the January execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen gas was torturous and “cannot be allowed to be repeated.” The lawsuit says ...

Critics and campaigners have said that using nitrogen gas as an execution method for those on death row is so cruel that ...

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 ...

In January, Kenneth Eugene Smith, another Alabama inmate, became the first person in the world to be executed via nitrogen ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...