State’s ‘slow and agonizing’ execution of Kenneth Smith using an untested method labeled as cruel by experts and advocates
Smith’s execution by “nitrogen hypoxia” took around 22 minutes, according to media witnesses, who were led into a viewing room at the William C Holman correctional facility in Atmore shortly before 8 pm local time.
Hey slightly off topic but what did the guy do to deserve this and was the case fully closed without any loophole ( i geniunly want to know ) thanks in advance.
Smith was convicted in the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. Sennett’s husband, a pastor, allegedly paid Smith and another man $1,000 each to kill her.
A jury voted 11-1 to sentence Smith to life in prison, but the judge overseeing the case overrode that decision and sentenced him to death. That practice, called judicial override, has since been eliminated in all 50 US states.
Some of Sennett’s relatives attended the execution and told reporters they had forgiven Smith.
“Nothing that happened here today is going to bring Mom back,” sais Mike Sennett, Elizabeth Sennett’s son. “It’s a bittersweet day, we’re not going to be jumping around, hooping and hollering, hooraying and all that, that’s not us. We’re glad this day is over.”
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Hey slightly off topic but what did the guy do to deserve this and was the case fully closed without any loophole ( i geniunly want to know ) thanks in advance.
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Hmm why didn’t the husband get a similar charge too ?
Did you look up what charges he got or are you just assuming? (Probably rightfully, but still)
Just looked it up…they did charge him, but he pulled an Epstein.
No just asking if someone knows