 The remaining 28 years were for other charges like sexual assault and tampering with evidence. Alaska does not have the death penalty. Smith, a native of South Africa who became a naturalized U.S. citizen shortly before torturing and killing Henry at an Anchorage hotel in September of 2019, showed no emotion during the sentencing. He also displayed no emotion when a jury deliberated for less than two hours and found him guilty after a three-week trial in February.