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  US: In a first, Alabama executes convicted murderer with nitrogen gas. How it works?

  World | Jan 26, 2024, 03:45 PM IST

  The closely watched execution method was applied after a last-minute legal battle where Smith's attorneys and human rights groups argued that the method was cruel and experimental. Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted for the murder-for-hire of Elizabeth Sennett in 1988.

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  Texas Executes Convicted Murderer

  World | Jan 27, 2012, 03:34 PM IST

  Huntsville, Texas, Jan 27: Convicted murderer Rodrigo Hernandez was executed Thursday night for the abduction, rape and strangulation of a 38-year-old woman in San Antonio 18 years ago.The lethal injection was carried out about 2