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FILE PHOTO: Attorney General of Ohio Dave Yost attends the Republican Ohio U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance's 2022 U.S. midterm elections night party in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., November 8, 2022. Photo by Gaelen Morse/Reuters

Politics Jan 30

Ohio could begin nitrogen gas executions under bill backed by state’s Republican attorney general

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

Nation Jan 27

Scheduled execution by asphyxiation using pure nitrogen of Kenneth Smith in Atmore
An eyewitness account of what happened at the nation’s 1st nitrogen gas execution

As witnesses watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas.

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Nation Jan 26

Execution of Kenneth Smith by asphyxiation using pure nitrogen in Atmore
U.S. at front of death penalty debate after Alabama execution uses nitrogen gas, the first ever

A man who was paid $1,000 to kill an Alabama woman more than 30 years ago has been put to death with pure nitrogen gas, a first-of-its-kind execution that again placed the United States at the forefront of the debate…

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Politics Jan 25

U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington
Alabama carries out country’s 1st execution by nitrogen gas after Supreme Court ruled it could proceed

Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said the method would be humane, but critics…

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Nation Jan 25

State Flag of Alabama
Alabama set to execute inmate with nitrogen gas, new method critics call cruel and experimental

Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to die Thursday night for his conviction in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett.

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Jan 24

Federal court says Alabama can carry out first nitrogen gas execution; Supreme Court appeal expected

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

A federal appeals court says Alabama can carry out the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to block the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia.

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Jan 19

Alabama inmate asking federal appeals court to block first-ever execution by nitrogen gas

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

An Alabama inmate set to be the first person put to death by nitrogen gas will ask a federal appeals Friday to block the upcoming execution.

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