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After Botched Lethal Injection, Alabama Will Execute Prisoner by Nitrogen Hypoxia
by David M. Reutter
On November 28, 2022, the State of Alabama entered a settlement with condemned prisoner Alan Eugene Miller, agreeing to refrain from further attempts to execute him by means of lethal injection. It further agreed that any future effort to execute Miller will employ his chosen method: ...
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