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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Chandler

Attorneys: Inmate endured 'torture' during execution attempt

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

An Alabama inmate said prison staff poked him with needles for over an hour as they tried to find a vein during an aborted lethal injection last month. At one point, they left him hanging vertically on a gurney before state officials made the decision to call off the execution.

Attorneys for 57-year-old Alan Eugene Miller wrote about his experience during Alabama's Sept. 22 execution attempt in a court filing made last week. Miller’s attorneys are trying to block the state from attempting a second lethal injection.

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