Alabama has executed convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, the first time the method of capital punishment has been used globally. Smith, 58, lost two final appeals to the Supreme Court and one to a federal appeals court, arguing the execution was a cruel and unusual punishment. In 2022, Alabama tried and failed...
An Alabama death row inmate is hours away from undergoing the first US execution by nitrogen gas after losing last-minute appeals. The US Supreme Court and a lower appeals court have declined to block what Kenneth Eugene Smith’s lawyers called a cruel and unusual punishment. Nitrogen is to be pumped into his body through a...
Police Inspector General Joseph Shikongo says the force this year aims for excellence in the execution of its services. Shikongo was speaking at the opening of the five-day leadership development training course at Tsumeb in Oshikoto Region. Lieutenant General Shikongo expressed that training courses undertaken by top police officials across the country are crafted to...