Alabama executed convicted murderer Kenneth Smith on Thursday (Jan. 26) by asphyxiating him with nitrogen gas, the first use of a new method of capital punishment that the state is pitching as a simpler alternative to lethal injections.
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<p>Alabama executed convicted murderer Kenneth Smith on Thursday (Jan. 26) by asphyxiating him with nitrogen gas, the first use of a new method of capital punishment that the state is pitching as a simpler alternative to lethal injections.</p>
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