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Alabama to be 1st state to execute inmate by nitrogen gas
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1:34Now PlayingAn Alabama man is set to be the first person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday.
Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, who was convicted for the 1988 murder of a preacher’s wife, was to be executed in November 2022 via lethal injection.
But, despite multiple attempts, officials were not able to insert an intravenous line to administer the drugs before the death warrant expired.
Tomorrow, he is set to be the first person executed with nitrogen gas, though experts are raising concerns about whether or not it is cruel.
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