An Alabama man is set to be the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for his alleged role in the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. WION tells you more about the execution process in this report.

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Alabama to perform first nitrogen gas execution over Kenneth Smith

Federal judge gives green light to first US execution by nitrogen gas

International outcry over US plans to use 'inhuman' nitrogen asphyxiation to execute death row inmate