Sons of Victim in Colbert County Murder-For-Hire Speak out 35 Years Later | Jan. 25, 2024 | News 19
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- Kenneth Eugene Smith, convicted for a 1988 murder-for-hire killing, is set to become the first known person to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia.
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So glad these brothers have each other.
I guess dad never heard of divorce😒
Sadly large Insurance money was involved.
He was a Preacher, they don’t believe on divorce!! But they believe on bigamist!!
@@mariacobian1566 So, divorce is bad, but murder is okay. Got it!😒
@@pakpakpak01908 Oh, now I see why dad went down the murder path. You don’t get a big insurance payment for divorce😟
What a shame for the two brothers who lost there mum An absolute bastard of a father to do that to his wife evil coward ,
Extremely traumatic for these brothers to have to loose both parents in a 7 day period. I pray they can continue to heal and Rest In Eternal Peace to their Mother 🕊🦋💖😰
Ohhhhhh I just watched the video. Never mind then sir. Good day.
The Dad took the cowards way out.
So he committed suicide?
Who are you to judge?
He knew he did wrong and took himself out...
This is why these death sentences need be carried out immediately upon conviction. These son victims need to be able to move on without having to relive this atrocity.
Really? Upon conviction? So no chance to appeal? 🙄
Illinois had to get rid of their death penalty because most of the people they executed were innocent. Now that's crazy.
The top poster has about three brain cells up there in the cerebral cortex😘😘😘
You're highly overestimating the competence of our justice system. There's a reason things are the way they are. We can't let people's primal emotions take precedence in stuff like this or we're no better than the killer.
@@GenX-RadRatHe got 35 more years! Is that right?
These bad men didn’t ask Mrs Stennet what she wanted? I don’t care about his PTSD, let him get what he gave to that sweet lady. The audacity to enter that sweet woman’s home and to do this to her, how on earth could they go through with it after seeing her.
Wonder who the woman was that he was involved with?? Bet she’s carried a lot of guilt and BEGGED Jesus to forgive her (or maybe not, after all, she did get involved with a married man).
Thank God it is over. My sympathy is for the lady's family who was murdered as well as the family of the man who killed her for no reason but for money. We cannot change what was done and now it is over.
How, I admire that Son( whom spoke the longest)
How, he forgave.
He, will be in Heaven!!!!!
My prayers and thoughts are with the two brothers
So he got to live 35 years and that poor woman had her life taken. How does this make any sense? Not justice. A death sentence shouldn't take decades. Ridiculous. He has most likely lived longer than friends and relatives lived. They never got to see justice. Laws should be changed for death row. Unreal.
He picked the Method
He gets a peaceful way to die but she got to suffer .. what about his victims cruel and unusual punishment oh we for get about that don’t we
She suffered thanks to her loving husband the godly pastor.
What happened to the other woman who was involved in the affair?
I wonder if she was someone I knew of who kept moving from one sucker to another !!
@@brega6286 yep....we got all kinds....
Unless she was involved with the planning of the murder, which I doubt, then nothing happened to her. She didn't break any laws.
@@lemfarba4827 Cheating is illegal!
@@swallowedinthesea11Cheating is wrong. Unfortunately, people do it all the time. Usually the spouse is the last one to know.
God bless these gentlemen. She looks like a supermom. Good lord.
Prayers go out to those men who lost their mom and even their dad
I think that when they tired to execute him the first time, he avoided the death penalty by not drinking water, this is just a theory not a fact that can be proven. When a person goes to the lab to get blood work they need to drink water so the that the vein can open and expand. Maybe next time if they cannot get the vein then they should maybe think about inducing some fluids a couple of hours before the Judgement or require that the prisoner drink some water. I’m am not an attorney or doctor this is just a suggestion.
You're Right about the water it does expand the veins. I remember I had to due some lab work, and when the nurse stuck the needle in my, arm the blood was coming out very,very, slow so the next time I went to the doctor I drank a half of a bottle of water, and blood was flowing quickly when she put the needle in my arm and onions are good for your blood also a elderly lady told me!!
30 years too long!!!
35 years.....get it right.
Cruel and unusual punishment? Oh, like how that mom died. Got it.
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Prayers for their Strength
This was truly something else.. the father was a preacher having an affair and his wife was murdered in such a gruesome way. Very sad how ppl become when they choose the wrong path. I wonder what became of the mistress though.. Hope those sons heal 🙏🙏
An eye for an eye!
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
@@KaraB1353Our justice system doesn’t work this way. One’s zip code, social status, and a single judge, determines the outcome. The jury opted for life in prison…
Sadly he got what was coming to him. Much less torture than his victim.
These poor boys.
The other woman deserved to be charged if she loaned or gave the 3k to the husband to pay the hitmen.
God be with you guys .
Who to blame on this story? Cheater dad‼️
I lost my dad on July th 4, my brother ,7 days later..
3 year's ago..
It's something no one can feel that sorrow and pain..
....Interesting they don't seem to blame their preacher "daddy"...much...
wonder if he hadn't taken the coward's road...if they would want him executed???
Agreed!
My sincere condolences to this family who lost their parents so close together.
When it comes down to the real center of this, it's your horrible father's fault this all happened. Yes, they didn't ask your mom what type of end she would like BECAUSE YOUR FATHER GAVE THE ORDER AND DIDN'T CARE!!!! He was a pastor that had the mother of his children viciously unalived just so he could sleep with another woman 👏 Amen brother, then the coward takes his own life.
What's sad is why didn't the father just leave? I guess he was worried about keeping his assets because the kids were grown.
God bless these two brothers .what they have gone through my heart breaks for them losing their mum and knowing their own father was the cause of it .their mum would of been so proud of them if she was here today .what a horrific way to lose their beautiful mum
Should have given him the cattle gun/bolt like in "No Country For Old Men" but then Kenneth Smith would have said - "what is that thing - what it for?..." the death chamber dude would have said - "hold still."
Heartbreaking
God bless this family, their pain is unimaginable. Sounds like karma had the last say. 🙏💙
what a coward. you rather kill your wife, than tell her the truth about being unfaithful? so sad.
Why is Smith smiling? What a monster!
It seems odd that they want Smith to die, but they didn't want the one who hired them to die.
I wonder if they've forgiven their father? He doesn't deserve forgiveness but he was their dad.
What a POS fraud of a pastor. He could have divorced her instead of hiring men to murder the mother of his children.
A preacher hired someone to kill his wife.,😢 Unbelievable
What a sad story. 😔
Social trauma like this needs a big heart to cope with it ❤
How do you “test” an execution method?
By trying it.
@@marlengood1972 maybe they used it on an animal
👁 for an 👁
He will be in history for sure
there father was the real evil one... how could you ever survive being so selfish.....
Cruel and unusual punishment is what his victim got!
3:52 what closure does the death penalty actually bring really it's barbaric unethical and inhumane punishment
I think they should have put Smith in the chair! Don't they still have the chair in the state of Alabama?
People who are questioning the execution method, do you expect a life to be taken out of the body without pain? A killer who deserves to be killed doesn't need sympathy.
Remember the outrage when the pig heart was tested out on that guy with the sketchy past? Everyone said a second chance should have been given to someone more deserving... Remember how that ended? 👁👄👁
they should reconsider having his father being buried next to their mother.. you have to be an 1d10t to do that.
Good ole Alabama
Pain of lose of parents lingers on but today it is over, somewhat though .Killers met their fate
I sure hope his dad asked forgiveness before he killed himself, him being a preacher, lust was the cause, its so sad these young men lost their mom and dad. their mom did not deserve this at all, I am guessing she is in heaven, but dont know about their dad, thats up to our Lord Jesus christ. You all need Jesus he is the only way to heaven.
He suffered bc he held his breath. Someone obviously was telling him how to beat the execution
Senseless death. Mom is waiting in Heaven .
is it over? what about Saban? is this new coach a winner?
Dark stuff
A man dying isn’t going to heal that hurt in their heart. A man dying doesn’t mean they can now shove all the pain under the rug and it’s all good. A man does not need to die for them to do the work on themselves to come to acceptance, forgiveness, and peace. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Best country in the world 😂.
🤔🤨I'm confused. So the father was cheating, okay, but WHY did he need his wife unalived? Why not just divorce her, go be with the mistress, and let the woman live?
Because he's a coward not a real man, not a real godly man either apparently.
@TomikaKelly It was stated somewhere else the dad was heavily in debt and only wanted the insurance money- like the affair wasn’t the catalyst..smh
And i think I've had a shit upbringing. Damn. All the best lads
The jury recommended life in prison. Then the judge overturned it. Why even have a jury if the judge has the power to overturn it??? Who makes these laws??? Then the law that gave the judge the authority to override the jurys’ decision was changed. If the law was overturned, then you could argue that the law should’ve NEVER been in use and as a result this guy and his death sentence should’ve been reversed to a life sentence. The guy who committed these acts should be punished. I’m NOT questioning that. He has to answer to GOD and give an accounting. Years back, as I understand it, when hearing a case about a black person being barred from a white school, one of the justices said that any law that is corrupt isn’t a real law when he made his decision to give blacks the same rights as whites. If a law can be reversed there when equal rights are at stake with black people, then they could’ve done it here.
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3:59 those men just want money 💰 is your father u plan this after cheat 🙀
Slaves were brutally murdered. Prayers for the brothers. There mother should be alive. 10 COMMANDMENTS , "THOU SHALL NOT KILL.". Experimental Gas is Barbaric. Repent means asking God for forgivness. Of your sins.Ifyou do not forgive ofthers of there sins you will no get forgivness of your sins. The truth will set you free.🎉
My dog will jump out of bed with my bean farts.
So their father goes through the trouble of hiring someone to kill his wife so he could be free to be with his mistress....only to kill himself. Dang.
I hope these brothers can truly find healing. ❤️🩹
I think that when they tired to execute him the first time, he avoided the death penalty by not drinking water, this is just a theory not a fact that can be proven. When a person goes to the lab to get blood work they need to drink water so the that the vein can open and expand. Maybe next time if they cannot get the vein then they should maybe think about inducing some fluids a couple of hours before the Judgement or require that the prisoner drink some water. I’m am not an attorney or doctor this is just a suggestion.