.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson ended up being the 1st individual anywhere to be executed through nitrogen hypoxia. He was actually sentenced in 1989 of murdering Elizabeth Sennett, the other half of a minister from Alabama, on her hubby’s orders. The condition had 1st attempted to execute him, through fatal shot, in November 2022, however mishandled the operation.
Afterwards, Mr Johnson chose to become executed through unfamiliar ways. His punishment has actually triggered flare-up: Alabama asserts nitrogen hypoxia is a simple, pain-free death but a lot of health care pros disagree. Some have compared it to torture.
Why carried out Alabama authorize this untried method?