![US Supreme Court and federal appeals court refuse to stay Alabama nitrogen hypoxia execution](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/11/Death-penalty-.jpg)
The US Supreme Court and Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Wednesday refused Kenneth Smith’s application for a stay of his execution by nitrogen hypoxia. Kenneth Smith is scheduled to be executed by way of nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday night at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. According to the Alabama execution [...]