For the first time in the USA, the death penalty was carried out using pure nitrogen

In Alabama, 58-year-old Kenneth Smith, who was sentenced to death for contract murder in 1988, was executed. For the first time, the process was carried out using pure nitrogen. An attempt was made to execute the prisoner in 2022, but it did not happen.

58-year-old Kenneth Smith, who was sentenced to death for contract killing in 1988, was executed in the US state of Alabama.

After the Supreme Court confirmed the relevant decision, the sentence was executed. Smith was put on a mask and pure nitrogen was injected into the prisoner's body, but he did not stop breathing.

Smith was pronounced dead around 8:25 p.m. local time.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Smith previously did not want the death penalty to be carried out by lethal injection. According to the governor, the method used during the execution was within the law.

In November 2022, they tried to execute Smith using the standard lethal injection method, but these attempts failed because they could not find a suitable vein in the prisoner to insert the needle.

Because of this, Smith became "the second prisoner in the United States to be executed in a second attempt."

Before Smith, in 1946, a prisoner was executed in a second attempt due to a malfunction in the electric chair.

The method used for the execution caused a controversy in the country about "human rights".