Capital Punishment News

"Alabama Pursues Second Nitrogen Gas Execution Amid Opposition"

Alabama seeks approval from the state's Supreme Court to carry out death row inmate Alan Eugene Miller's execution using nitrogen hypoxia, a method that was recently used for the first time in the state. Miller's previous lethal injection execution attempt was called off due to technical difficulties, and he subsequently filed a federal lawsuit against death by lethal injection. The state's highest court ruled that Miller's execution could only take place using nitrogen hypoxia, a decision the Alabama Department of Corrections eventually accepted. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has filed a request for Miller's execution, stating that it is the appropriate time to carry out his sentence.