“By order of the Alabama Supreme Court, at 7:53 Central time tonight, state of Alabama started carrying out the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. Smith was executed for the 1988 capital murder of Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett in Colbert County. Smith was pronounced deceased by physicians at 8:25 p.m. Central Standard Time.” “Nothing happened here today is going to bring Mom back. That’s, that’s not us. Elizabeth Dorlene Thorne Sennett got her justice tonight.”

Source: New York Times January 26, 2024 15:24 UTC