Controversial Execution of Alabama Inmate Sparks Debate on Justice and Humanity

Carey Dale Grayson was executed in Alabama using nitrogen gas for the 1994 murder of hitchhiker Vickie Deblieux, marking the third use of this method in the US. Despite legal challenges to the constitutionality of nitrogen hypoxia, the execution proceeded, drawing criticism from Deblieux's daughter, Jodi Haley, who condemned the act and highlighted Grayson's troubled past. Grayson was the only one of four teenagers involved in the murder to receive the death penalty. The case has sparked debate over the ethics and effectiveness of new execution methods.