.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Johnson became the initial person anywhere to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. He was sentenced in 1989 of slaughtering Elizabeth Sennett, the wife of a minister coming from Alabama, on her other half's orders. The state possessed initial attempted to execute him, by lethal shot, in Nov 2022, yet bungled the technique. Afterwards, Mr Smith decided on to be killed by unique ways. His execution has triggered flare-up: Alabama asserts nitrogen hypoxia is a simple, easy fatality but numerous medical experts differ. Some have likened it to abuse. Why performed Alabama authorise this untried technique?