Alabama to carry out second ever nitrogen gas execution


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  • Thursday, 26 Sep 2024

The gate at Holman Correctional Facility is monitored by law enforcement before the scheduled execution by asphyxiation using pure nitrogen, of Kenneth Smit who is convicted for a murder-for-hire committed in 1988, in Atmore, Alabama, U.S. January 25, 2024. REUTERS/Micah Green/File Photo

(Reuters) - Alabama is planning to execute convicted murderer Alan Miller on Thursday in the second ever nitrogen-asphyxiation execution since the state pioneered the method in January.

Miller, 65, was convicted for the 1999 murders of three men, including two co-workers, in a shooting spree at two offices in Pelham, Alabama.

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