For the first time in the USA:
a prisoner was executed using nitrogen gas.
58-year-old Kenneth Smith was sentenced to death for his part in the murder that took place in 1988 and was supposed to be executed as early as 2022 by injection of poison.
After they could not find a vein for the lethal injection, his execution was postponed.
"The execution was legally carried out by nitrogen, using the method that Smith previously requested as an alternative to the lethal injection," said the governor of the state after the execution.
Alabama is one of three states, including Mississippi and Oklahoma, that allow the use of nitrogen gas in executions.
The procedure takes place through a mask that is attached to the prisoner's front and flows pure nitrogen until he loses consciousness and dies.
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