.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson became the first individual anywhere to be put to death through nitrogen hypoxia. He was convicted in 1989 of killing Elizabeth Sennett, the partner of a sermonizer from Alabama, on her hubby’s orders. The condition possessed 1st made an effort to execute him, through dangerous injection, in Nov 2022, but messed up the method.
Afterwards, Mr Smith opted for to be nailed to a cross by unfamiliar means. His execution has actually resulted in outrage: Alabama states nitrogen hypoxia is a fast, painless death however many clinical specialists differ. Some have actually likened it to torture.
Why did Alabama authorise this untested technique?