.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson ended up being the first person anywhere to be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia. He was actually sentenced in 1989 of murdering Elizabeth Sennett, the better half of a preacher coming from Alabama, on her partner's orders. The state possessed 1st tried to execute him, through dangerous shot, in November 2022, yet botched the operation. Afterwards, Mr Johnson chose to become killed by novel ways. His punishment has actually induced outrage: Alabama claims nitrogen hypoxia is actually an easy, painless fatality yet a lot of medical experts disagree. Some have actually parallelled it to torment. Why did Alabama authorize this untried technique?