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Alabama requests a date to execute an inmate via nitrogen hypoxia for the first time

8:53pm August 28, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Smith was supposed to be executed in November 2022 by lethal injection, but corrections officers failed to insert an IV properly. The U.S. Supreme Court has authorized nitrogen hypoxia in his case.

Alan Eugene Miller is shown Aug. 5, 1999. Alabama officials called off the Thursday lethal injection of Miller because of time concerns and trouble accessing the inmate's veins.

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Alabama calls off execution for time and medical concerns

2:39am September 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

Alabama corrections officials said the state halted the scheduled execution of Alan Miller after they determined they could not get the lethal injection underway before a midnight deadline.

Officials escort murder suspect Alan Eugene Miller away from the Pelham City Jail in Ala., on Aug. 5, 1999. Miller, scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Sept. 22, 2022, for a workplace shooting rampage in 1999 that killed three men, says the state lost the paperwork he turned in selecting an alternate execution method.

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Alabama could use nitrogen hypoxia for executions in death sentences. What is it?

4:15am September 13, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Alan Eugene Miller is scheduled for execution in Alabama on Sep. 22. He has asked for nitrogen hypoxia instead of lethal injection due to a fear of needles, but claims officers lost his request.

The sun sets behind Holman Prison in Atmore, Ala., on Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution of Matthew Reeves, convicted of killing a man during a robbery in 1996.

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Supreme Court clears the way for the execution of an Alabama inmate

10:08pm January 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

A poor reader, Matthew Reeves is intellectually disabled and wasn't capable of making a decision on the method of execution without assistance, his lawyers arg93ued.