Lee Hedgepeth, investigative reporter for Tread News, tells José Díaz-Balart about what he saw as Alabama carried out the death of convicted murderer, Kenneth Smith. “I’ve never seen such a violent execution.”
Unredacted documents posted by Alabama officials in the federal courts’ electronic filing system reveal new details about the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution carried out in January, including the identity of the state’s execution captain, his impressions from inside the death chamber and the concerns of another inmate who is set to die by the same punishment.
The use of nitrogen gas in an execution had been untested in the United States, and medical experts had said even a small amount of oxygen in the nitrogen-filled mask could lead to slow asphyxiation, prolonging the time it would take to die while risking vomiting or pain. Eyewitnesses to Smith’s execution by nitrogen reported him violently thrashing while strapped to a table.
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