Who is Kenneth Eugene Smith? Alabama death row inmate’s lawsuit claims lethal injection violates his rights

Who is Kenneth Eugene Smith? Alabama death row inmate’s lawsuit claims lethal injection violates his rights
Kenneth Eugene Smith convicted of beating and stabbing a 45-year-old woman to death will be executed on Monday, November 17 (ADOC)

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ATMORE, ALABAMA: District Judge R Austin Huffaker dismissed the lawsuit filed by Kenneth Eugene Smith, 57, the murderer of Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett, regarding his lethal injection execution. According to the eighth amendment, the killer claimed that Alabama’s lethal injection protocol violated the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.

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Meanwhile, he argued that the Alabama Department of Corrections violated his due process rights under the 14th Amendment and did not provide him with proper information on his right to choose execution by nitrogen hypoxia instead of lethal injection.