Witnesses watched through a window at an Alabama prison as Kenneth Eugene Smith became the nation's first person to be put to death using nitrogen gas.

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.

  • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Yeah, but you don’t have to prove that, because it’s already been done and is commonly accepted as truth. Similarly to how gas laws have already been proven, and as such don’t really need to be sourced unless you’re getting into something more specific than the basics of hows gasses work.

    • Tja@programming.dev
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      10 months ago

      Gas laws have been proven, but every situation is different and there might be other circumstances here that could be affecting the results.

      It’s not the same breathing in open air, in a room, in a plastic bag or in a scuba rebreather, despite the gas laws being the same the inputs are different.

      If someone asks for sources the polite thing is to give them or admit you don’t have them.