1st Ever Nitrogen Death Execution in History of USA in Alabama; Convict Struggled For Several Minutes
The first person to be executed in the United States using the controversial method of nitrogen gas was Kenneth Eugene Smith, an Alabama death row convict. Almost thirty years after his conviction in the 1988 murder-for-hire conspiracy of Elizabeth Sennett, 58-year-old Smith was pronounced dead at 8.25pm CT on Thursday at the William C Holman … Read more