.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson ended up being the very first individual anywhere to become executed through nitrogen hypoxia. He was founded guilty in 1989 of murdering Elizabeth Sennett, the wife of a minister from Alabama, on her spouse's orders. The condition possessed 1st tried to execute him, through lethal shot, in Nov 2022, but mishandled the procedure. Afterwards, Mr Smith chose to become killed by unfamiliar means. His punishment has actually triggered outrage: Alabama asserts nitrogen hypoxia is actually a fast, easy death yet lots of medical professionals differ. Some have compared it to torture. Why carried out Alabama authorise this unproved procedure?