Kenneth Smith

Kenneth Smith, sentenced to death for murdering Elizabeth Sennett in 1988, objected to being executed by nitrogen hypoxia because of the potential for the state ...

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 ...

Advocates, including the son of an executed inmate, expressed doubt the Alabama Department of Corrections would carry out the execution without errors.

Alabama is set to carry out the nation's first execution via nitrogen hypoxia on January 25. Critics fear a leak could harm others in the execution chamber.

Former Gov. Don Siegelman said he thinks Alabama leaders, including Gov. Kay Ivey, will regret not taking action to stop Smith's execution.

Both the Supreme Court and a federal appeals court denied stays sought by Kenneth Smith, who is scheduled to die on Thursday in the nation's first nitrogen ...

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 ...

Smith is set to be the first inmate in America to be executed using nitrogen gas. The execution is slated for 6 p.m. CST in Atmore.

The state plans to execute Kenneth Smith on Thursday using the untested method of nitrogen hypoxia, though Mr. Smith's lawyers plan a last-minute legal ...

The US Supreme Court declined to halt the execution of Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Smith, who is scheduled to be put to death using nitrogen gas.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alabama is scheduled to conduct the execution of Kenneth Smith via nitrogen hypoxia, a method that has never been used on a human being.

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.

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 ...

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 Alabama Department of Corrections announced Tuesday night that it will deny Kenny Smith all solid food for up to 20 hours starting at 10 am on Thursday, ...