Alan Miller shook and trembled on gurney after becoming second person to be executed by controversial techniqueAlabama has carried out the second execution in the US using the controversial method of nitrogen gas, an experimental technique for humans that veterinarians have deemed unacceptable in the US and Europe for the euthanasia of most animals.Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was pronounced dead on Thursday evening at a south Alabama prison. The lethal method involves being strapped to a gurney, where a respirator mask is applied to the face and pure nitrogen piped in. The resulting oxygen deprivation will cause death by asphyxia. Continue reading…
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Author : Ed Pilkington
Publish date : 2024-09-27 02:10:52
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Alabama executes death-row prisoner with nitrogen gas
