An Alabama inmate, Alan Eugene Miller, has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block the state's attempt to execute him using nitrogen gas. Miller's attorneys argue that the first execution using this method was 'botched' and caused cruel and prolonged suffering to the inmate put to death.
The lawsuit challenges the execution method and raises concerns about the use of a mask to deliver the nitrogen gas, citing the case of Kenneth Smith who reportedly experienced shaking and convulsions during his execution in January. Miller's attorneys claim that executing him using the same protocol would violate the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
