Kenneth Eugene Smith: Alabama carries out first US nitrogen gas execution

2024-05-20 06:19:24 [world] Source：International Issue news portal

(FILES) This handout photo courtesy of the Alabama Department of Corrections shows a mugshot of death row inmate Kenneth Smith, scheduled to be executed on November 17, 2022. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, a convicted murderer is scheduled to be executed in the US state of Alabama during a 30-hour window beginning January 25, 2024 using nitrogen gas, a novel method that the UN has likened to "torture." (Photo by Handout / Alabama Department of Corrections / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Alabama Department of Corrections " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

In 2022, Alabama tried and failed to execute Smith by lethal injection. Photo: AFP photo / Alabama Department of Corrections

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