Why was Kenneth Eugene Smith on death row? - Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted of murdering Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett in a ...

Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, died at the Holman Prison in Atmore after the Supreme Court refused to block the experimental execution. Smith was made to inhale the toxic gas through a mask ...

Contract killer Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday, Jan. 25. This was the first execution of its kind, and a method Smith's attorneys referred to as "experimental." ...

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 shortage of the necessary drugs.

Alabama has executed convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, the first time the method of capital punishment has been used globally. A witness told the BBC that Smith thrashed ...

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 decades.

ATMORE, Ala. (WHNT) — Kenneth Eugene Smith, the man convicted of the 1988 murder-for-hire killing of Elizabeth Sennett, became the first known person to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday.