Jihar Alabama ta zartar da hukuncin kisa kan mai laifin kisan kai Kenneth Eugene Smith da iskar iskar nitrogen, karon farko da ake amfani da hanyar hukuncin kisa a duniya.
Smith, mai shekaru 58, ya rasa kararraki biyu na karshe zuwa Kotun Koli da daya zuwa kotun daukaka kara ta tarayya, yana mai cewa hukuncin kisan zalunci ne da ba a saba gani ba.
A cikin 2022, Alabama ya yi ƙoƙari kuma ya gaza aiwatar da Smith ta hanyar allurar mutuwa.
An yanke masa hukuncin kisa a shekara ta 1989 da laifin kashe matar wani mai wa’azi, Elizabeth Sennett, a wani kisa na haya.
A cewar Cibiyar Bayar da Hukuncin Mutuwa, Smith shine mutum na farko da aka kashe ta hanyar amfani da iskar iskar iskar nitrogen mai tsafta a ko’ina cikin duniya.
Wani dan jarida da ya shaida yadda aka zartar da hukuncin kisa ya bayyana wa BBC yadda ya yi wa gidan wuta da karfi, ya kuma ce aikin ya dauki kusan mintuna 25 gaba daya.
Alabama da wasu jihohin Amurka guda biyu sun amince da amfani da sinadarin nitrogen hypoxia a matsayin madadin hanyar aiwatar da hukuncin kisa saboda magungunan da ake amfani da su wajen yin alluran kisa sun yi matukar wahala a same su, lamarin da ke haddasa faduwar amfani da hukuncin kisa a kasar.
“Yau da dare Alabama ya sa dan Adam ya dauki mataki na baya,” in ji Smith, a cewar shaidu. “Na gode da goyon bayana. Ina son ku duka.”
Bayan iskar gas ta fara shiga cikin abin rufe fuska, an ce fursunonin ya yi murmushi, ya jinjina kai ga danginsa kuma ya sanya hannu kan “I love you”.
Daya daga cikin mambobin kafofin yada labarai biyar da aka kai gidan gyaran hali na Holman da ke Atmore don shaida hukuncin kisa ya shaida wa BBC cewa ba kamar sauran da ya gani a Alabama ba.
“Na taba fuskantar hukuncin kisa guda hudu a baya kuma ban taba ganin hukuncin da aka yanke wa fursunoni ba kamar yadda Kenneth Smith ya mayar da martani ga iskar nitrogen,” in ji Lee Hedgepeth.
“Kenny ya fara yin hayaki akai-akai kuma hukuncin ya dauki kusan mintuna 25 gaba daya.”
Numfashin nitrogen ba tare da iskar oxygen ba yana haifar da rugujewar sel a cikin jiki kuma yana haifar da mutuwa.
Gwamnan Alabama Kay Ivey, wanda bai amsa bukatar halartar kisa ba, ya tabbatar da mutuwar Smith a wata sanarwa.
“Bayan fiye da shekaru 30 da ƙoƙarin yin wasa da tsarin, Mista Smith ya amsa munanan laifukan da ya aikata,” in ji ta.
“Ina addu’a cewa dangin Elizabeth Sennett za su iya rufewa bayan duk waɗannan shekarun da suka yi fama da wannan babban rashi.”
Ladan Nasidi.
