.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson became the first individual anywhere to become put to death through nitrogen hypoxia. He was actually convicted in 1989 of murdering Elizabeth Sennett, the other half of a preacher from Alabama, on her other half's orders. The condition possessed 1st made an effort to execute him, through fatal injection, in November 2022, but mishandled the technique. After that, Mr Johnson opted for to become killed by novel methods. His execution has actually induced indignation: Alabama declares nitrogen hypoxia is actually an easy, painless fatality however lots of medical experts differ. Some have parallelled it to torment. Why did Alabama authorize this unproved technique?