.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson became the first individual anywhere to become put to death through nitrogen hypoxia. He was actually convicted in 1989 of slaughtering Elizabeth Sennett, the wife of a minister from Alabama, on her partner's orders. The state possessed first made an effort to execute him, by fatal shot, in November 2022, but botched the procedure. Afterwards, Mr Johnson chose to be killed through unique methods. His execution has actually created resentment: Alabama claims nitrogen hypoxia is a fast, easy death yet lots of clinical experts disagree. Some have likened it to torture. Why carried out Alabama authorize this untried method?