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Alabama carries out nation's second nitrogen gas execution
[SeeBS News] Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country.

Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m. local time at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, the state Department of Corrections said in a statment. He shook and trembled on the gurney for about two minutes with his body at times pulling against the restraints. That was followed by about six minutes of gasping breathing.
Oh noes! He may have actually suffered a bit?
The Department of Corrections said Miller had seven visitors on Wednesday and nine on Thursday. His final meal consisted of "hamburger steak, baked potato, and French fries," the department said.

Miller was convicted of killing three men — Lee Holdbrooks, Christopher Scott Yancy and Terry Jarvis — in 1999 and the state had previously attempted to execute him by lethal injection in 2022.

The execution was the second to use the new method Alabama first employed in January, when Kenneth Smith was put to death. The method involves placing a respirator gas mask over the inmate's face to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen gas, causing death by lack of oxygen.

Posted by: Frank G 2024-09-27
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