Alabama Sets Date For Nation’s First Execution By Nitrogen Hypoxia

Kenneth Smith was convicted for murder after he was hired to kill Elizabeth Sennett by her husband who was involved in an affair and took out a large insurance policy on his wife.

Alabama has set a date for the first inmate in the Nation to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia.

Kenneth Smith was convicted for murder after he was hired to kill Elizabeth Sennett by her husband who was involved in an affair and took out a large insurance policy on his wife.

Smith’s execution was originally set to be carried out by lethal injection, but that plan was canceled last November after the state was unable to properly set the IV line before the warrant for execution expired.

The inmate then requested to be put to death by nitrogen gas rather than lethal injection after what he called a ‘botched’ execution.

Smith’s execution is now set to take place sometime between January 25th and 26th.

Alabama finalized the first-ever execution protocols for the new method in August after the state legislature approved the alternative method.

Death by nitrogen hypoxia deprives the brain and body of oxygen, which leads to suffocation.