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Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) An Alabama man is set to be the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday.
Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for his alleged role in the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. Her husband, Charles Sennett, allegedly hired someone who, in turn, hired two men, including Smith to kill his wife and make it look like a burglary gone wrong.
Smith 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.
However, medical and legal experts told ABC News that nitrogen gas as a method for execution is untested and there s no evidence the method will be any more humane or painless than lethal injection.
"I ve never heard anyone say, We ve got this new method of execution. We ve looked at it carefully. We know that this method of execution will cause a death that wi
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Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) An Alabama man is set to be the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday.
Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for his alleged role in the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. Her husband, Charles Sennett, allegedly hired someone who, in turn, hired two men, including Smith to kill his wife and make it look like a burglary gone wrong.
Smith 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.
However, medical and legal experts told ABC News that nitrogen gas as a method for execution is untested and there s no evidence the method will be any more humane or painless than lethal injection.
"I ve never heard anyone say, We ve got this new method of execution. We ve looked at it carefully. We know that this method of execution will cause a death that wi
Alabama to perform first nitrogen gas execution: What to know about this method centralmoinfo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from centralmoinfo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.