The family of Elizabeth Sennett, the woman murdered by Kenneth Eugene Smith, said it was a 'bittersweet day' after the killer had been executed with nitrogen gas. Smith, 58, had a before a stream of 100 percent nitrogen gas suffocated him inside the execution chamber at the William C. Holman prison in Atmore, , on Wednesday night. He was officially pronounced dead at 8:25pm local time, 22 minutes after the nitrogen gas was first administered. At 8:07pm, a corrections officer leaned over Smith and examined him, before stepping back against the wall to let the execution continue.
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