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Supreme Court sides with Alabama inmate who wants to be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia

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Kenneth Smith was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection for the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife.

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  1. CNN

    Supreme Court sides with Alabama inmate who seeks to die by nitrogen gas (opens CNN)

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    The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a death row inmate in Alabama -- whose scheduled execution by lethal injection was called off at the last minute by the state -- who seeks to die by nitrogen gas when he is ultimately executed.

  2. Washington Examiner

    Supreme Court rules in favor of death row inmate seeking lethal gas over injection (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Supreme Court sided with an Alabama death row inmate on his preferred execution method in a ruling released Monday.

  3. CBS 42 Birmingham

    Alabama death row inmate who wants to be executed by nitrogen gas gets support from Supreme Court (opens CBS 42 Birmingham)

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    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with an Alabama death row inmate, allowing a lawsuit from him to proceed over his choice to use nitrogen gas instead of lethal inje…

  4. Courthouse News Service

    Supreme Court stops Alabama from executing inmate by lethal injection (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Kenneth Eugene Smith wants to die by nitrogen suffocation, but Alabama argues it has not yet implemented protocols for using the alternate execution method that was approved by state lawmakers in 2018.

  5. Fox News

    US Supreme Court sides with Alabama inmate who seeks to die by nitrogen hypoxia (opens Fox News)

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    The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who requested he be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia when executed.

  6. New York Post

    Supreme Court sides with Kenneth Eugene Smith, inmate who seeks death by nitrogen hypoxia (opens New York Post)

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    The US Supreme Court has sided with an Alabama death row inmate who survived an alleged botched execution and seeks to eventually be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia – an untested method that no st…

  7. CBS News

    Supreme Court sides with Alabama inmate who wants to be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Kenneth Smith was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection for the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife.

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