The Supreme Court has rejected Kenneth Eugene Smith's Hail Mary request for a stay in execution, meaning he is set to . Smith was due to be executed at 6pm tonight at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. He had begged for it to be called off, citing his fears that the experimental gassing method will cause excruciating pain or cause him to vomit.The three Democrat-appointed justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Elana Kagan, dissented the opinion and ruled that Smith's execution should be halted.
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