Alabama death row inmate executed with nitrogen gas‚ nation&;#039;s first by a new method in 42 years
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Alabama death row inmate executed with nitrogen gas‚ nation&;#039;s first by a new method in 42 years

Kenneth Eugene Smith‚ 58‚ was executed in Alabama on Thursday night with nitrogen gas‚ a controversial method that causes oxygen deprivation that has been criticized as inhumane‚ following a failed last-minute legal battle.  Smith‚ a convicted murderer‚ was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. local time at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.  Prior to Smith's death sentence being carried out‚ the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the second time in as...