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   demolished.   
      
   Alabama on Thursday became the first state to execute a death row   
   inmate using nitrogen gas.   
      
   Kenneth Smith was put to death by nitrogen hypoxia at the William C.   
   Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., making his death the   
   first in the U.S. to be carried out using the previously untested   
   method.   
      
   Smith was executed for his role in the murder-for-hire plot of   
   Elizabeth Sennett in 1988.   
      
   Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm addressed   
   reporters during a press conference later Thursday night, noting   
   that the state began carrying out the execution at 7:53 p.m. Central   
   time. Smith was pronounced deceased at 8:25 p.m. Central time.   
      
   Nitrogen gas was flowing for approximately 15 minutes during the   
   execution, he noted.   
      
   Smith reportedly shook for at least two minutes after the execution   
   began and appeared conscious for several minutes, according to pool   
   media witnesses. Hamm said that Smith held his breath initially and   
   that the movements were involuntary and were expected side effects   
   of death by nitrogen gas based on their research. He also claimed he   
   didn’t notice Smith remaining conscious.   
      
   “Nothing was out of the ordinary of what we were expecting,” Hamm   
   said in response to the claims.   
      
   Pool Media witnesses report that Smith’s final statement was   
   “Tonight, Alabama caused humanity to take a step backward.”   
      
   Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall praised the execution,   
   saying “Justice has been served.”   
      
      
   The victim’s family said it was a “bittersweet day” in remarks   
   during the press conference, but that Sennett got “justice.”   
      
   The execution was carried out shortly after the Supreme Court   
   declined to stop the execution from taking place.   
      
   https://thehill.com/homenews/4430668-alabama-inmate-becomes-first-   
   us-executed-with-nitrogen-gas/   
      
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