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ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant

Kenneth Eugene Smith

Prisons

Alabama carries out first execution by nitrogen hypoxia

"An unbelievable evil was unleashed tonight in Alabama," Smith's spiritual adviser said. "That was torture."

January 26, 2024

Court allows nitrogen gas execution to proceed

Judges for the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision to deny Smith’s appeal for a preliminary injunction.

January 25, 2024

Former governor wants Alabama to stop execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith

Former Gov. Don Siegelman said he thinks Alabama leaders, including Gov. Kay Ivey, will regret not taking action to stop Smith's execution.

January 24, 2024

Alabama faces moral test in Smith’s case amid legal contradictions

This rush to execute before revisiting a condemned practice not only appears hypocritical but also cruel.

January 22, 2024

Execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith halted after failed attempt to find vein

Commissioner John Hamm assured Ivey that the Department of Corrections was prepared to carry out the death sentence successfully, only to fail again.

November 18, 2022

Last-second amendment could lead to the execution of Alabama prisoner

A last-second amendment meant that a ban on judges overriding the wishes of juries to impose the death penalty wouldn't be retroactive.

November 17, 2022

A call for justice, not a cry for mercy for Kenneth Eugene Smith

Gov. Kay Ivey can pause Smith’s execution giving the Legislature time to decide if a 2017 law should have been retroactive.

November 16, 2022