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 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 ...

Alabama executed Demetrius Frazier for the 1991 murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown two days before Thanksgiving.

Critics and campaigners have said that using nitrogen gas as an execution method for those on death row is so cruel that courts refuse to watch the footage ...

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 ...

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 ...