The UN condemns the execution of Kenneth Smith, who has become the first person in the United States to be executed using nitrogen asphyxiation. A spokesperson for the UN's Human Rights Commissioner..
The United Nations has raised serious concerns about an imminent execution in Alabama which will use a new and untried method. The state has scheduled to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith through nitrogen..
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