Alabama is in line to become the first state to execute an inmate by making him breathe pure nitrogen, but death penalty experts have told Newsweek that the state's protocol is "sloppy" and labeled it ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived the state’s previous attempt to put him to death by lethal injection in 2022, ...

Kenneth Smith, 58, became the first American to be executed by nitrogen gas. The Alabama attorney general said Friday that nitrogen gas is now a "proven" method of execution and that he believes more ...