Alabama Executes Second Inmate with Controversial Nitrogen Gas Method

Alan Eugene Miller's execution raises questions about the humaneness of nitrogen gas after he visibly struggled for nearly 10 minutes.

Alan Eugene Miller, convicted of a 1999 workplace shooting that killed three men, was executed in Alabama using nitrogen gas on Thursday.
Miller's execution marked the second use of this method in the U.S., following Kenneth Eugene Smith's execution in January, also in Alabama.
Witnesses reported that Miller shook and trembled for about two minutes and gasped for air for six more minutes before dying.
Alabama officials argue the method is humane, but critics point to Miller's visible suffering as evidence to the contrary.
Miller's execution follows a failed 2022 lethal injection attempt, where prison staff struggled to find a vein for over an hour.