"Alabama Pursues Second Controversial Nitrogen Gas Execution"

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"Alabama Pursues Second Controversial Nitrogen Gas Execution"
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Alabama seeks to carry out a second execution using nitrogen gas, requesting the state Supreme Court to set an execution date for Alan Eugene Miller, convicted of killing three people in 1999. This move follows the state's first execution using nitrogen, which sparked controversy as the inmate convulsed during the process. Advocates argue that the method is agonizing and painful, while the state attorney general maintains that it is a proven execution method. Miller, who survived a previous lethal injection attempt, is now slated for execution by nitrogen gas after an agreement with the state.

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