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The 7

Friday, January 26, 2024

The 7

The Washington Post

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4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Friday briefing: Kenneth Eugene Smith; Trump’s testimony; Peter Navarro; Ingenuity helicopter; and more


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0:00.0

Former President Donald Trump got angry in court yesterday.

0:07.0

Run across the US is still too darn high and NASA's little helicopter that could

0:12.0

has finally taken its last flight.

0:14.7

That's some of what we'll get to on the 7th from the Washington Post.

0:17.8

I'm Christina Quinn. It's Friday January 26th.

0:21.0

Let's get you caught up with today seven stories.

0:24.0

Number one, Alabama carried out the world's first known execution with nitrogen gas.

0:33.0

Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted in a 1988 contract killing of Elizabeth's Senate.

0:38.0

Last night he was put to death and became the first prisoner known to be executed using a controversial method known as nitrogen hypoxia.

0:47.0

The execution was preceded by months of legal battles over whether it was constitutional to use

0:52.1

nitrogen hypoxia in capital punishment.

0:54.3

Human rights advocates had argued that the method could amount to torture.

0:58.2

After Smith was declared dead, the son of the victim Mike Senate had this to say.

1:03.0

Nothing happened here today is going to bring mom back.

1:10.0

Nothing.

1:12.0

It's kind of a bittersweet day. We're not going to be jumping around, hooping and

1:19.9

hollering, hooray, and then that's that's not us but we're glad this day's over.

1:29.3

This method could become more common in the future. States are finding it increasingly

1:33.7

difficult to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections. Of the 27

1:38.0

states that still have the death penalty, three states, Alabama, Mississippi, and

1:42.4

Oklahoma,

1:43.2

have approved nitrogen hypoxia as an alternative.

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