Alabama dødsdømt indsat står over for den første amerikanske henrettelse ved kvælstofgas efter at have mistet sidste øjebliks appeller. En tilsyneladende humoristisk forvirring på tværs af beskeder har skabt spænding i trendende nyheder fra Danmark. Hvad sker der, når stater ikke længere kan få henrettelser til at lykkes, og en forhøjet kontraktmorder er i centrum for en ny, luftig metode?
Kenneth Eugene Smith, en dødsdømt i Alabama, står over for den første amerikanske henrettelse med nitrogen, efter at have tabt sidste øjebliks appeller. En tilsyneladende humoristisk blanding af mislykkede forsøg på henrettelser og nye eksperimenter har bragt spænding til de trendende nyheder i Danmark. Smith har været genstand for en række appelafslag fra den amerikanske Højesteret, mens han står over for den banebrydende nitrogenhypoxi. Selv tidligere guvernører har ydet indsats for at stoppe denne usædvanlige udvikling, der markerer en ny æra i amerikansk retfærdighed. Hvordan ender dette luftige eventyr for den berygtede Kenneth Eugene Smith? Kun tiden vil vise det.
An Alabama death row inmate is about to undergo the first US execution by nitrogen gas after losing last-minute appeals. The US Supreme Court and a lower ...
Video above: The execution timeline. Contract killer Kenneth Eugene Smith is set to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Advertisement.
The state of Alabama tried to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith before and failed, so now they're trying something new: nitrogen hypoxia.
Kenneth Eugene Smith was set to become the first person executed in the United States using nitrogen gas.
The US Supreme Court and a lower appeals court both declined to block Smith's execution on Wednesday.
A federal court rejected killer Kenneth Eugene Smith's request to stop his scheduled execution by nitrogen gas; a Supreme Court appeal is expected.
Kenneth Eugene Smith is set to be put to death Thursday, 14 months after a botched attempt. It would be the first new execution method used in the U.S. in ...
Former Gov. Don Siegelman said he thinks Alabama leaders, including Gov. Kay Ivey, will regret not taking action to stop Smith's execution.
Alabama is poised Thursday to carry out the first known execution using nitrogen gas, a new method some experts warn could cause him to experience a ...
Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to be the first person in the United States to be put to death with nitrogen gas. The justices rejected arguments by Smith's ...
Only two years after a botched execution attempt on him, Kenneth Eugene Smith will once again be made to face death, this time through an experimental technique ...
The United States Supreme Court rejected Kenneth Eugene Smith's request for a stay of execution and a federal court has denied his appeal.
Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted of murdering Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett in a murder-for-hire plot in Colbert County, Alabama.
Witnesses observed two to four minutes of writhing by convicted murderer Kenneth Smith before he died.
Alabama went through with its planned execution on Thursday of Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was the first condemned inmate in the U.S. put to death using ...
Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to be put to death by nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, the first time the method is being used in capital punishment in ...
The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday denied Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith's final appeal, allowing his execution by nitrogen gas to proceed.
Smith is set become the first-known person to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. News 19 will be providing updates all day from Holman Correctional Facility ...
The state of Alabama Thursday executed Kenneth Eugene Smith for the 1988 murder-for-hire of Elizabeth Sennett.
Alabama approved the use of nitrogen hypoxia for executions in 2018, as the primary method of lethal injection has become increasingly difficult due to a ...
The 58-year-old is set to be executed sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning. If the execution happens, he will be the first inmate put to death ...
A journalist who witnessed the execution told the BBC that Smith thrashed violently on the gurney. Smith was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher's wife, ...
The state of Alabama executed Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday, the first ever carried out with nitrogen gas.
An error occurred. Please try again later. A death-row inmate lost an appeal at the Supreme Court. Photo: Kim Chandler/Associated Press. Alabama executed an ...
Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted killer, has become the first person in the U.S. to be executed with nitrogen gas at a South Alabama prison.