to be executed using nitrogen gas a method which the united nations has called cruel and inhumane . smith s adviser said he is absolutely terrified. it will be the state 5 second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preachers wife, in a hired killing. for more on this story, i spoke a little earlier to ralph chapoco he s a reporter with it s been just described it s beenjust described his method. that will involve kenneth smith being led into the execution chamber having an airtight mask strapped to his face and a pure nitrogen pumped from a pressurised tank. find from a pressurised tank. and him of effectively from a pressurised tank. fific him of effectively being forced or asked to breathe it in. there have of course been many experts suggesting that one of the problems is this is never been done before. it s interesting, we ve heard from some of your contributors there that the state of alabama is waiting to find out whether or not i
you are seeing there, we heard from ian coates s son, talked about valdo calocane going on it calculated killing spree, the man is a killer, his family have suffered a great loss, the city of nottingham suffered a great loss, he said, and the nhs mental health trust and the police need to be accountable. he made a mockery of the system and then he said there that he d got away with murder. we know that valdo calocane had pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder, but his guilty pleas, guilty for three counts of manslaughter with diminished responsibility, they were accepted. but ian coates s son saying he got away with murder. they were his words. then we heard from grace o malley kumar s father, she was a gift to them, there had been missed opportunities with regard to valdo calocane, and he said it would forever play on their minds, how all of this requires further review. lots of anger. lots of questions about why valdo calocane was on the streets of nottingham that day
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it will be the state s second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher s wife, in a hired killing. tom bateman reports from southern alabama. a journey to the alabama jail where the first ever execution by nitrogen gas is due to happen. kenneth eugene smith has spent three decades on death row. he s already dodged death once his executioners botched an attempt to kill him by lethal injection. and now he faces suffocation by the state. opponents see this as a crucial test case and are urging alabama s governor to stop it here led by smith s spiritual adviser, who will be in the execution chamber with him. so, i need some assurance that this is safe. so this right here is an invitation to governor ivey to accompany me into the execution chamber. it was two weeks ago today, 45 year old. smith was convicted in 1989 for his part in the murder of elizabeth sennett, the wife of a preacher who paid smith $1,000. the jury said he should get life
and lived off grid in a tent. deep backward square. goes straight in the manner that only stokes can! and a captain s innings from ben stokes, but england make hard work of it on the first day of their test series in india. and coming up on bbc news, aryna sabalenka is into the final of the australian open. the defending champion gets past coco gauff in straight sets in melbourne. good afternoon. the killer who stabbed to death three people in nottingham has been told by a judge he will very probably spend the rest of his life in a high security hospital. valdo calocane was suffering paranoid schizophrenia when he killed two students barnaby webber and grace o malley kumar and a school caretaker, ian coates. but relatives of the victims say they are angry calocane was convicted on a charge of manslaughter through diminished responsibility instead of murder. true justice has not been served today, said the mother of barnaby webber. our correspondent navtej johal is at no