Alabama is set to execute its second inmate by nitrogen gas, a relatively new method of capital punishment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : A previous attempt to execute Alan Eugene Miller, 59, using lethal injection was called off two years ago after state officials said they couldn't access Miller's veins before the execution warrant expired.
42% : In September 2022, Alabama officials tried to execute Miller by lethal injection, but failed because they could not access his veins within the required time limit.
41% : Miller was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection after a US Supreme Court ruling vacated a lower court injunction in a long-running dispute over whether he would die by that method or nitrogen hypoxia, CNN previously reported.
39% : Smith was sentenced to death for his role in a 1988 murder for hire and, like Miller, had previously survived a failed attempt to execute him by lethal injection in 2022.
38% : After the failed attempt, Miller was sent back to death row.

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