# kenneth eugene smith

Alabama stops execution due to trouble finding suitable vein to inject lethal drugs » Officials were trying to put Kenneth Eugene Smith to death after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay issued hours earlier by a lower federal court. Cbsnews.com

Kenneth Smith’s nitrogen execution called ‘troubling’ by White House: Updates » Attorney General Steve Marshall said that after Thursday night, ‘nitrogen hypoxia as a means of execution is no longer an untested method. It is a proven one’ Independent.co.uk

Alabama to execute man for murder-for-hire killing » Smith, 57, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore on November 17. Newsweek.com

Alabama puts to death Kenneth Smith in first known execution using nitrogen gas | CNN » The US Supreme Court has again denied a last-minute appeal by attorneys for Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Smith, who is scheduled to be put to death Thursday by nitrogen gas – a wholly new method some experts have said is veiled in secrecy and could lead to excessive pain or even torture. Cnn.com

What’s nitrogen hypoxia? Alabama carries out Kenneth Smith’s US execution » Smith became first inmate in history to be executed with nitrogen gas. Aljazeera.com

Alabama executes Kenneth Eugene Smith by new nitrogen gas method for 1988 murder » Smith had been on death row more than 3 decades for participating in the murder-for-hire plot of Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett in Colbert County in 1988. Al.com

Federal judge says Alabama can conduct nation’s 1st execution with nitrogen gas; appeal planned » A federal judge says Alabama can carry out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas despite claims the method is cruel and untested. Apnews.com

Kenneth Smith Describes Alabama’s Failed Attempt to Execute Him » Alabama death-row prisoner Kenneth Smith spent four hours on November 17, 2022 strapped to an execution gurney while state prosecutors attempted to lift a… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Alabama Plans to Carry Out the First Execution Using Nitrogen Gas. A Lot Could Go Wrong. » Lawyers for Kenneth Smith have warned that the method could cause him to suffer a stroke, choke to death on vomit, or be left in a vegetative state. Theintercept.com