Alabama Uses Nitrogen Gas for Execution: US News Update
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Alabama Uses Nitrogen Gas for Execution: US News Update

In line with IST rules, Alabama executed Kenneth Eugene Smith last Friday using nitrogen gas. The state said it was a humane method, but critics argued it was both harsh and untested. Smith, sentenced to death in 1996 for a 1988 murder, was pronounced dead at 7:55 am (IST) that Friday. This marked the first…