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The Rev. Jeff Hood said Wednesday that he was asked to sign a form agreeing to stay 3 feet away from Kenneth Eugene Smith's gas mask in order to attend the execution.

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The nitrogen is planned be administered through the gas mask placed over Smith’s nose and mouth while he is strapped to a gurney in the death chamber normally used for lethal injections.

The form, which Hood signed in order to attend Smith's execution, gave an overview on the risk of nitrogen gas. It stated that in the “highly unlikely event that the hose supplying breathing gas ...