Kenneth Smith
Kenneth Smith was the first person in the US executed with nitrogen gas, in Alabama in 2024.
14 linked stories in all years we hold
The earliest story we hold is from Nov 17, 2022.
Stories involving Kenneth Smith0 named stories in 2024
No named arcs in 2024 yet.
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Jan 8, 2024 - Feb 4, 2024
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Week of Jan 29, 2024 - Feb 4, 2024: 4 left, 7 center, 9 right, 9% of the sources that published that week · 38 articles
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| Week | Left | Center | Right | Articles | Share |
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| Jan 8, 2024 - Jan 14, 2024 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4% |
| Jan 15, 2024 - Jan 21, 2024 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 7% |
| Jan 22, 2024 - Jan 28, 2024 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 218 | 32% |
| Jan 29, 2024 - Feb 4, 2024 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 9% |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
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31 left · 41 center · 18 right: 90 sources on the spectrum, across 14 linked stories.
Everything else6 updates in 2024 not part of any story, newest first
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- Jan 20– 26Alabama executes Kenneth Eugene Smith, first inmate put to death with nitrogen gas63 articles · 32 sources10 left, 14 center, 5 right
Stories that name Kenneth Smith
- Jan 26– 31Could Ohio be the next state to use nitrogen gas in executions? New method would end a 5-year lag41 articles · 22 sources5 left, 8 center, 9 right
- Jan 22– 26Alabama executes inmate with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used148 articles · 65 sources22 left, 29 center, 10 right
- Jan 21– 22Alabama plans to carry out the first nitrogen gas execution. How will it work and what are the risks?17 articles · 11 sources5 left, 6 center, 0 right
- Jan 20– 23Alabama plans to carry out untested execution method with nitrogen gas21 articles · 18 sources5 left, 9 center, 3 right
- Jan 10Judge: Alabama Can Carry Out Nation’s First Execution Using Nitrogen Gas12 articles · 10 sources6 left, 2 center, 1 right