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Alabama Inmate Set to be the First Man Executed Via Nitrogen Gas

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As much as this writer wants to bring you another fun-filled 'Alabama Man' story, this one is more somber than the other two, which you can read about here and here if you just need a good laugh today.

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This is a pretty important story, a federal court refused to block the execution of inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith via nitrogen gas, which would induce hypoxia. This would be the nation's first execution by a new method since 1982.

Smith, a 58-year-old man is one of two men convicted in the murder-for-hire of a preacher’s wife, Elizabeth Sennett, in 1988. Her husband, minister Charles Sennett, hired someone who then hired two others, including Smith, to kill his wife and make it look like a burglary for $1,000 each, according to court records. Charles ended up committing suicide a week after his wife's murder when the focus of the investigation shifted onto him.

There was a previous attempt to carry out Smith's execution via lethal injection in September of 2022, but a sufficient vein could not be found. Smith spent four hours strapped to the gurney, which his attorney argued caused great distress, including PTSD.

John Forrest Parker, the other man convicted in the murder, was executed in 2010.

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Experts who are speaking out against this method argue that 'there is no proof executions by nitrogen hypoxia would adhere to inmates’ constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment because it has never been used and could never be ethically tested.'

Per the AP story, 'The American Veterinary Medical Association wrote in 2020 euthanasia guidelines that nitrogen hypoxia is not an acceptable euthanasia method for most mammals because the experience of oxygen deprivation 'is distressing.' '

Responses from X users run the gamut between support and horror.

You get the idea.

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Two other states, Mississippi and Oklahoma, have authorized nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution, but only Alabama has actually articulated a protocol for the procedure. However, none of the three states have used this method as of yet. If the Supreme Court sides with the lower court, Alabama will be the first state to execute an inmate this way.

We will update this story as more information comes in! In the meantime, where do you stand on this issue?

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