.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson ended up being the 1st individual anywhere to become executed through nitrogen hypoxia. He was actually sentenced in 1989 of murdering Elizabeth Sennett, the spouse of a sermonizer from Alabama, on her hubby's orders. The condition possessed very first tried to execute him, through fatal shot, in Nov 2022, but botched the procedure. Afterwards, Mr Smith selected to be killed through unique means. His execution has led to outrage: Alabama professes nitrogen hypoxia is a fast, pain-free fatality however a lot of health care professionals disagree. Some have actually likened it to torture. Why performed Alabama authorise this untested method?