.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson came to be the 1st individual anywhere to become put to death through nitrogen hypoxia. He was sentenced in 1989 of killing Elizabeth Sennett, the better half of a minister from Alabama, on her hubby’s orders. The state possessed first attempted to execute him, through lethal shot, in Nov 2022, however messed up the treatment.
Afterwards, Mr Johnson decided on to be nailed to a cross through novel ways. His punishment has induced flare-up: Alabama states nitrogen hypoxia is actually an easy, pain-free fatality but numerous medical professionals disagree. Some have actually compared it to torture.
Why performed Alabama authorize this untested approach?