Prisoner Set To Be First Person In U.S. Executed Using Nitrogen Gas

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ATMORE, Alabama, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Alabama on Thursday executed convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who held his breath in vain as officials asphyxiated him with nitrogen gas, the first use of a new method of capital punishment since lethal injections began in the U.S. four decades ago

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