.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson became the very first individual anywhere to be executed through nitrogen hypoxia. He was pronounced guilty in 1989 of murdering Elizabeth Sennett, the spouse of a sermonizer from Alabama, on her other half's orders. The condition had very first made an effort to execute him, through fatal treatment, in November 2022, however bungled the treatment. After that, Mr Johnson chose to become killed through novel ways. His punishment has actually created outrage: Alabama states nitrogen hypoxia is an easy, easy fatality however several medical professionals differ. Some have actually likened it to torture. Why did Alabama authorise this untried procedure?