Smith put to death by nitrogen gas; ‘justice has been served’

“Justice has been served.” At 8:25 p.m. Thursday, Kenneth Eugene Smith was pronounced dead after his execution in the murder-for-hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett nearly 35 years ago. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall cleared the execution to start at 7:56 p.m. in the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, his office said. “Justice has been served,” Marshall said in a statement. “Tonight, Kenneth Smith was put to death for the heinous act he committed over 35 years ago: the murder-for-hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, an innocent woman who was by all accounts a godly wife, a