Euthanasia Doc Warned Against Gas Mask in Kenneth Eugene Smith’s Execution

Convicted killer Kenneth Eugene Smith violently convulsed throughout his nitrogen fuel execution for 4 painfully lengthy minutes, and the founding father of a number one euthanasia group says he knew it would not go easily when he previewed the jail set-up.

Dr. Philip Nitschke, founding father of pro-euthanasia group “Exit International”, spoke to “TMZ Live” Friday concerning the first-ever nitrogen fuel execution … saying he was involved to see a fuel masks set-up for Smith’s Thursday evening execution on the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama.

He tells us he is lengthy helped folks wanting to finish their lives with nitrogen in a fast, peaceable, and dependable manner — however ditched face masks 15 years earlier, as a result of he discovered them to be unreliable and harmful.

In layman’s phrases … he says if the masks loses its seal on somebody’s face it alters the quantity of air flowing in and slows the method, probably resulting in muscle convulsions.

Also, he tells us there was the apparent issue of Smith preventing his personal demise, which made his execution notably excruciating.

Nitschke says when folks select to die on their very own phrases by way of nitrogen fuel, they’re inspired to take lengthy, deep breaths to make it fast — however Smith, who he met in the jail throughout his go to — made it clear he did not wish to die, took brief shallow breaths, which added to his struggling.

Nitschke says he warned jail officers they have been going about his execution the unsuitable manner, however, clearly, that fell on deaf ears.

Smith grew to become the first-ever inmate to be put to demise using nitrogen hypoxia … principally, suffocating him.