.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson ended up being the 1st individual anywhere to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. He was sentenced in 1989 of murdering Elizabeth Sennett, the wife of a sermonizer coming from Alabama, on her other half's orders. The state possessed very first made an effort to execute him, through lethal injection, in November 2022, but bungled the method. Afterwards, Mr Johnson decided on to become nailed to a cross by novel ways. His punishment has actually triggered resentment: Alabama claims nitrogen hypoxia is an easy, pain-free fatality however many medical specialists disagree. Some have actually compared it to torment. Why performed Alabama authorize this untried method?