.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson became the initial person anywhere to become executed by nitrogen hypoxia. He was actually convicted in 1989 of murdering Elizabeth Sennett, the spouse of a sermonizer coming from Alabama, on her other half's orders. The state possessed first made an effort to execute him, through deadly shot, in Nov 2022, but messed up the method. Afterwards, Mr Johnson chose to be nailed to a cross by unique means. His punishment has actually triggered outrage: Alabama states nitrogen hypoxia is actually a simple, painless fatality yet many clinical pros differ. Some have parallelled it to torture. Why carried out Alabama authorize this unproved procedure?