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Anti-death penalty signs placed by activists stand along the road heading to Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., ahead of the scheduled execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. On Thursday, Alabama put Smith to death with nitrogen gas. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)

First nitrogen execution was a ‘botched’ human experiment, Alabama lawsuit alleges

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Alabama's lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., is pictured in this Oct. 7, 2002 file photo. Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, refusing to block what would be the nation’s first execution by a new method since 1982. Alabama says it plans to replace Eugene Smith's, 58, breathing air with nitrogen gas Thursday, Jan. 25, rendering him unconscious within seconds and killing him within minutes. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Alabama man shook violently on gurney during first-ever nitrogen gas execution

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife. Alabama will be allowed to put Smith to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, refusing to block what would be the nation’s first execution by a new method since 1982. Alabama says it plans to replace the 58-year-old’s breathing air with nitrogen gas on Thursday, Jan. 25, rendering him unconscious within seconds and killing him within minutes. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Anti-death penalty activists place signs along the road heading to Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., ahead of the scheduled execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The state plans to put Smith to death with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used in the United States. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Alabama prepares to carry out the first U.S. execution by nitrogen gas

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Alabama's lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., is pictured in this Oct. 7, 2002 file photo. Kenneth Smith, 58, is scheduled to be executed Jan. 25, 2024, at a south Alabama prison by nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used to put a person to death. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on Friday, Jan. 19, in Smith's bid to stop the execution from going forward. (AP Photo/File)

Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics are raising doubts

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Alabama's lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., is pictured in this Oct. 7, 2002 file photo. Kenneth Smith, 58, is scheduled to be executed Jan. 25, 2024, at a south Alabama prison by nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used to put a person to death. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on Friday, Jan. 19, in Smith's bid to stop the execution from going forward. (AP Photo/File)

Alabama plans to carry out first nitrogen gas execution. How will it work and what are the risks?

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife. Alabama will be allowed to put Smith to death with nitrogen gas later this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, clearing the way for what would be the nation’s first execution under a new method the inmate’s lawyers criticize as cruel and experimental. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Federal judge rules Alabama can conduct nation’s 1st execution with nitrogen gas; appeal planned

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife. In a complaint filed Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, lawyers for Rev. Jeff Hood, a spiritual adviser to the Alabama inmate scheduled to be executed with nitrogen gas next month, said that restrictions on how close the adviser can get to the inmate in the death chamber are “hostile to religion.” (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Judge suggests change to nitrogen execution to let inmate pray, say final words without gas mask

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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall listens to a reporter's question following oral arguments in an Alabama redistricting case, outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 4, 2022. A divided Alabama Supreme Court said the state can execute an inmate with nitrogen gas, a method that has not previously been used to carry out a death sentence. The all-Republican court in a 6-2 decision Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, granted Marshall's request for an execution warrant for Kenneth Eugene Smith. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Alabama court says state can execute inmate with nitrogen gas

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife. Smith, 57, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP).

Alabama wants to be the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP).

Alabama calls off execution after difficulties inserting IV

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife. Smith, 57, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP).

Alabama execution set in murder-for-hire of preacher’s wife

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press