Alabama execution: Prisoner 'struggled for minutes' before death

Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, 58, was put to death using the new technique after the US Supreme Court declined a legal bid to halt his sentence. However, witnesses said Smith did not die straight away and took several minutes to lose consciousness.

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