.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson came to be the very first person anywhere to be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia. He was founded guilty in 1989 of killing Elizabeth Sennett, the other half of a sermonizer coming from Alabama, on her husband's orders. The state possessed initial tried to execute him, by fatal injection, in Nov 2022, yet mishandled the procedure. Afterwards, Mr Johnson picked to be executed through unique ways. His execution has actually triggered shock: Alabama professes nitrogen hypoxia is actually a fast, painless death but lots of medical experts disagree. Some have compared it to torture. Why did Alabama authorise this untried method?