Kenneth Eugene Smith was put to death by nitrogen gas on Thursday night, the first time the method was used in capital punishment in the U.S. By Anna Betts and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Alabama ...

Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Now Alabama’s attorney general wants to help ...

Alabama on Thursday night executed Kenneth Smith, the first death row inmate known to die by nitrogen gas, marking the emergence of a wholly new method of execution in the United States that ...

ATMORE, Ala. (WAFF) - The State of Alabama executed death row inmate Kenneth Smith on Thursday at the Holman Correctional Facility. The 58-year-old Smith was put to death with nitrogen gas, the first ...

new video loaded: Alabama Executes Kenneth Smith by Nitrogen Hypoxia transcript “By order of the Alabama Supreme Court, at 7:53 Central time tonight, state of Alabama started carrying out the ...

The spiritual adviser who prayed with Kenneth Eugene Smith before Alabama executed him Thursday night by nitrogen gas described it as “torture” that shocked witnesses and the prison officials ...

Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night, marking the nation’s first known execution using nitrogen gas. Smith, who was sentenced to death for his role in a 1988 murder for ...

When Kenneth Smith first reached out to Reverend Jeff Hood to be with him during his January execution, Smith’s first question was: “Are you prepared to die to be my spiritual advisor?” ...

Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith thrashed violently and repeatedly gasped for air during a 22-minute execution as he became the first inmate to be put to death with nitrogen gas. The 58-year-old ...