.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson ended up being the 1st individual anywhere to become put to death through nitrogen hypoxia. He was actually convicted in 1989 of killing Elizabeth Sennett, the other half of a preacher from Alabama, on her partner's orders. The condition possessed very first made an effort to execute him, through lethal injection, in Nov 2022, yet bungled the treatment. Afterwards, Mr Smith opted for to become executed through novel methods. His punishment has actually led to shock: Alabama asserts nitrogen hypoxia is actually a fast, easy fatality but a lot of clinical pros disagree. Some have compared it to torture. Why performed Alabama authorise this untried procedure?