根据联邦法官的裁决，肯尼思·尤金·史密斯将于本月晚些时候在阿拉巴马州被处决，他是第一个被氮气处决的人。 Kenneth Eugene Smith will be executed in Alabama later this month—the first person to be executed by nitrogen gas—according to a ruling from a federal judge.

一名联邦法官裁定，本月晚些时候，阿拉巴马州可以继续执行肯尼思·尤金·史密斯（Kenneth Eugene Smith）的死刑，这是历史上首次用氮气执行死刑。 A federal judge has ruled that the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, the first ever by nitrogen gas, can go ahead in Alabama later this month. 史密斯的律师于 11 月对执行这种处决方法的选择提出上诉，这种处决方法从未被尝试过，并被联合国描述为潜在的“残忍、不人道和有辱人格的待遇”。 Smith's lawyers had appealed in November the choice to carry out the method of execution, which has never been tried and has been described by the UN as potentially "cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment."