.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Smith became the 1st individual anywhere to be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia. He was actually founded guilty in 1989 of murdering Elizabeth Sennett, the spouse of a sermonizer coming from Alabama, on her hubby's orders. The state possessed very first made an effort to execute him, through lethal shot, in Nov 2022, however botched the procedure. After that, Mr Johnson decided on to become nailed to a cross through novel methods. His punishment has actually induced shock: Alabama asserts nitrogen hypoxia is a fast, painless fatality yet many clinical experts disagree. Some have likened it to torment. Why performed Alabama authorise this unproved strategy?