What happened at the nation's first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account

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What happened at the nation's first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account
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ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — As witnesses including five news reporters watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas.

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Holy fuck you're not kidding. I assumed when you said that it was going to be just shit all over the place. The ads weren't super intrusive? It was easy to read? But when I got down to the bottom there was shit about a homeopathy treatment for neuropathy that has left scientists speechless.

How the fuck was that on AP

What is wrong with your browser? Did you turn your adblock off or something? This is the bottom of the article.

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