An Alabama death row inmate, Kenneth Eugene Smith, fit become the first person in the United States (or anywhere in the world) to face execution with nitrogen gas after losing last-minute appeals.

The US Supreme Court and one lower appeals court don refuse to stop the execution wey Smith lawyers describe as “cruel and unusual” punishment.

Smith, wey dey 58 years old and don dey on death row since 1996, bin dey convicted for 1989 on charges of killing Elizabeth Sennett.

Her husband, Charles Sennett, wey be preacher wey dey owe debt, plan the scheme to collect insurance money but later kill himself as investigators dey close in.