.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson ended up being the first individual anywhere to become put to death by nitrogen hypoxia. He was sentenced in 1989 of murdering Elizabeth Sennett, the other half of a preacher from Alabama, on her spouse’s orders. The state possessed 1st made an effort to execute him, through lethal treatment, in November 2022, but botched the operation.
After that, Mr Johnson chose to become executed by unfamiliar ways. His punishment has actually created shock: Alabama states nitrogen hypoxia is a quick, pain-free death but several medical experts disagree. Some have compared it to torture.
Why performed Alabama authorize this untried approach?