.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson ended up being the first individual anywhere to become put to death by nitrogen hypoxia. He was founded guilty in 1989 of slaughtering Elizabeth Sennett, the other half of a minister coming from Alabama, on her other half’s orders. The state possessed very first attempted to execute him, by fatal shot, in Nov 2022, but messed up the technique.
After that, Mr Johnson selected to become put to death by unique means. His punishment has actually led to outrage: Alabama claims nitrogen hypoxia is actually a fast, pain-free death however many health care experts differ. Some have actually parallelled it to torment.
Why performed Alabama authorise this unproved method?