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Alabama authorizes second nitrogen hypoxia execution for death row killer Alan Eugene Miller
Alabama has authorized the second ever execution via nitrogen hypoxia, months after the same method sparked controversy in the state.
The state's Supreme Court granted a request from the state Attorney General on Thursday to schedule the execution of killer Alan Eugene Miller, 57.
Miller was convicted of killing three men in a 1999 workplace shooting, where he admitted to opening fire during a 'delusional episode' as he believed his colleagues were spreading false rumors about him.
The murderer previously survived an execution attempt in 2022, which failed due to ongoing issues with lethal injections including painful attempts to find a vein.
His execution, an exact date for which has not been set, will be carried out with the experimental nitrogen gas method, despite the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in January casting doubt over its efficacy as he took over 20 minutes to suffocate to death.
Alan Eugene Miller, 57, who was sentenced to death for killing three men in 1999, is set to become the second person to ever be executed via nitrogen hypoxia
Miller (pictured after his arrest in August 1999) previously survived an execution in 2022 due to flaws in the lethal injection system
The decision on Miller's execution 25 years after he shot and killed three men - Lee Holdbrooks, Christopher Scott Yancy, and Terry Jarvis - in a workplace shooting
When Miller survived his first execution in 2022, he was poked with needles for over an hour in a bungled attempt to find a vein to inject him with a lethal cocktail.
At one point, he was let hanging vertically on a gurney to improve blood flow, and his ordeal was cited by his attorneys this week in their failed request to halt his second execution.
The use of nitrogen gas as a new method - where a gas mask is strapped to an inmate's face before they are suffocated - is also being contested by Miller in an ongoing lawsuit.
He also cited the experience of Kenneth Eugene Smith in his argument that it violates a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Witnesses to Smith's execution said he struggled against his restraints and convulsed for over 20 minutes, amid fears the gas mask was not properly fitted to his face causing a slow and painful suffocation.
Smith, a hitman, was sentenced to death over the 1988 murder of a pastor's wife, for which he was only paid $1,000.
Alabama officials have insisted that Smith's first ever nitrogen execution was a success, with Attorney General Steve Marshall maintaining the method is 'textbook.'
Marshall says Alabama will continue to seek out more executions via nitrogen hypoxia, adding: 'The State of Alabama is prepared to carry out the execution of Miller’s sentence by means of nitrogen hypoxia.'
In his motion in February seeking out Miller's execution, he said that it was beyond time to execute the killer as he has sat on death row since 2000.
The decision on Miller's execution comes 25 years after he shot and killed three men - Lee Holdbrooks, Christopher Scott Yancy, and Terry Jarvis - in a workplace shooting.
The gurney inside Holman Correctional Facility's execution chamber in Alabama, where Smith was put to death and Miller is scheduled to die
He was reportedly suffering a 'delusional episode' and believed his victims were spreading false rumors about him, but has never claimed he was not the perpetrator.
Smith was sentenced to death over the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett, 45, (right) in a hit that he was only paid $1,000 for
At his trial, prosecutors described how he methodically opened fire at two businesses, noting the 'men were not just murdered - they were executed.'
At his failed execution in 2022, Miller was forced to endure over an hour of injection attempts, which included medics using a cellphone flashlight to help their search for a vein.
Issues with lethal injections have plagued death rows across the nation for years, primarily stemming from a reluctance from pharmacies to produce lethal injection drugs.
This has led some states, such as Texas, to merely extend the use-by dates of the drugs, triggering an ongoing lawsuit from the inmates they are used upon amid claims the extended drugs are painful.
Miller's execution comes 25 years after he shot and killed three men - Lee Holdbrooks, Christopher Scott Yancy, and Terry Jarvis - in a workplace shooting
Miller was reportedly suffering a 'delusional episode' and believed his victims were spreading false rumors about him before he opened fire. Pictured is a body bag being wheeled from the scene after Miller opened fire in August 1999
A witness to Smith's execution, his spiritual advisor Rev. Jeff Hood, captured headlines after the execution as he gave a harrowing depiction of how a nitrogen gas execution unfolds.
He noted that the contraption used to kill Smith resembled a 'firefighters mask', and said he was forced to bless the killer's feet with a bible for over 10 minutes as he thrashed against his restraints.
'I could see the corrections officers, I think they were very surprised that this didn't go smoothly - one of the state officials in the room was so nervous she was tap dancing,' Hood continued.
'(Smith) kept breathing for what could possibly be up to nine minutes, ten minutes, unbelievable evil was unleashed tonight in Alabama... that was torture.'
Hood said he has witnessed five executions before, and after seeing Smith's agony, he felt that 'lethal injection is preferable every single day.'