Kenneth Eugene Smith is a member of strange and horrific club: people Alabama has attempted to execute, but failed to do so in time. Its membership grew last year, with the state failing on two separate attempts to successfully complete a death sentence.
The convict is now scheduled to be put to death with nitrogen gas at 6pm on Thursday 25 January at the William C Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore after both the US Supreme Court and a federal appeals court declined to intervene to prevent his execution.
