.ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Smith became the 1st individual anywhere to become put to death through nitrogen hypoxia. He was sentenced in 1989 of slaughtering Elizabeth Sennett, the other half of a sermonizer from Alabama, on her partner's orders. The state possessed very first attempted to execute him, through deadly shot, in November 2022, yet messed up the operation. After that, Mr Johnson picked to become executed through novel methods. His punishment has actually created indignation: Alabama states nitrogen hypoxia is actually a fast, pain-free death yet several health care specialists differ. Some have compared it to torment. Why carried out Alabama authorize this untested strategy?