.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson became the initial person anywhere to be executed through nitrogen hypoxia. He was pronounced guilty in 1989 of slaughtering Elizabeth Sennett, the wife of a preacher coming from Alabama, on her spouse’s orders. The condition possessed 1st attempted to execute him, by lethal injection, in November 2022, but messed up the treatment.
Afterwards, Mr Johnson selected to become nailed to a cross by unfamiliar ways. His punishment has actually induced outrage: Alabama professes nitrogen hypoxia is a quick, easy fatality but many medical pros differ. Some have actually likened it to torment.
Why did Alabama authorise this untried technique?