.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson became the very first individual anywhere to become put to death by nitrogen hypoxia. He was actually founded guilty in 1989 of killing Elizabeth Sennett, the wife of a minister from Alabama, on her hubby's orders. The state possessed very first attempted to execute him, through dangerous treatment, in November 2022, but messed up the technique. After that, Mr Johnson chose to be put to death by novel methods. His execution has created indignation: Alabama professes nitrogen hypoxia is actually a fast, easy death yet a lot of clinical professionals disagree. Some have likened it to torture. Why performed Alabama authorize this unproved technique?