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 2023
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May 15, 2023 - Dec 17, 2023
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Week of Dec 11, 2023 - Dec 17, 2023: 3 left, 1 center, 3 right, 3% of the sources that published that week · 7 articles
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| May 15, 2023 - May 21, 2023 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3% |
| May 22, 2023 - May 28, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 29, 2023 - Jun 4, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 5, 2023 - Jun 11, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 12, 2023 - Jun 18, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 19, 2023 - Jun 25, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 26, 2023 - Jul 2, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 3, 2023 - Jul 9, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 10, 2023 - Jul 16, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 17, 2023 - Jul 23, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 24, 2023 - Jul 30, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 31, 2023 - Aug 6, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 7, 2023 - Aug 13, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 14, 2023 - Aug 20, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 21, 2023 - Aug 27, 2023 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 6% |
| Aug 28, 2023 - Sep 3, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 4, 2023 - Sep 10, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 11, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 18, 2023 - Sep 24, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 25, 2023 - Oct 1, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 2, 2023 - Oct 8, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 9, 2023 - Oct 15, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 16, 2023 - Oct 22, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 23, 2023 - Oct 29, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 30, 2023 - Nov 5, 2023 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4% |
| Nov 6, 2023 - Nov 12, 2023 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 5% |
| Nov 13, 2023 - Nov 19, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 20, 2023 - Nov 26, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 27, 2023 - Dec 3, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dec 4, 2023 - Dec 10, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dec 11, 2023 - Dec 17, 2023 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3% |
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31 left · 41 center · 18 right: 90 sources on the spectrum, across 14 linked stories.
Everything else5 updates in 2023 not part of any story, newest first
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- May 15– 16Supreme Court sides with Kenneth Eugene Smith, inmate who seeks death by nitrogen hypoxia8 articles · 8 sources1 left, 4 center, 3 right
Stories that name Kenneth Smith
- Dec 12– 14Alabama’s plan for nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas is ‘hostile to religion,’ lawsuit says7 articles · 7 sources3 left, 1 center, 3 right
- Nov 9Alabama sets date for first-ever execution of death row inmate by nitrogen gas in 2024, governor says12 articles · 12 sources2 left, 9 center, 1 right
- Nov 2Alabama court says state can execute inmate with nitrogen gas10 articles · 10 sources3 left, 1 center, 5 right
- Aug 26– 27Alabama wants to be the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe only nitrogen20 articles · 15 sources4 left, 6 center, 5 right