Alabama inmate becomes first in U.S. to be executed with nitrogen gas

Alabama on Thursday became the first state to use nitrogen gas to execute a death row inmate. Kenneth Smith was executed by nitrogen hypoxia at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, becoming the first executioner in the United States to be executed using an untested method. Smith was executed in 1988 for […]
Alabama death row inmate executed with nitrogen gas, nation’s first by new method in 42 years

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