Alabama inmate opposes being ‘test subject’ for new nitrogen execution method

Kenneth Eugene Smith's attorneys asked the Alabama Supreme Court to reject the state attorney general's request to set an execution date for Smith using the proposed new execution method.

Inmate’s Lawyers Accuse State Of Using Him As ‘Test Subject’ For ‘Experimental’ New Execution Method

Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to be executed via chemical suffocation, the first such case in the U.S.

Alabama inmate opposes being ‘test subject’ for new nitrogen execution method

An Alabama inmate would be the test subject for the “experimental” execution method of nitrogen hypoxia, his lawyers argued, as they asked judges to deny the state’s request to carry out his death sentence using the new method.

Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith poised to be "test subject" for new execution method, his lawyers say

Nitrogen gas is authorized as an execution method in three states but it has never been used to put an inmate to death.

What does nitrogen hypoxia do to the body? Kenneth Eugene Smith backtracks from being 'test subject' for Alabama's new execution method

What does nitrogen hypoxia do to the body? Kenneth Eugene Smith backtracks from being 'test subject' for Alabama's new execution method Warning: Graphic content, readers’ discretion advised MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA:  An Alabama death row inmate named Kenneth Eugene Smith might become the first person in the US to be executed by the novel nitrogen hypoxia execution method that causes death by forcing a person to breathe only nitrogen, depriving them…

Death row inmate fights being 'test subject' for new execution method

Nitrogen hypoxia has been approved as an execution method by three US states but has never been used. Lawyers for death row inmate Kenneth Smith say he should not be used as a "test subject" for the new method.