.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson came to be the initial person anywhere to become put to death through nitrogen hypoxia. He was actually convicted in 1989 of killing Elizabeth Sennett, the wife of a sermonizer coming from Alabama, on her husband's orders. The condition possessed very first made an effort to execute him, through deadly shot, in November 2022, yet botched the technique. Afterwards, Mr Johnson decided on to become put to death by novel means. His punishment has triggered shock: Alabama asserts nitrogen hypoxia is a fast, painless fatality but numerous clinical specialists disagree. Some have compared it to torment. Why carried out Alabama authorise this unproved strategy?