A death row killer had a huge last meal including meatloaf and chuckwagon steak without knowing whether he was going to be executed on Thursday night.
Alan Eugene Miller claimed a fear of needles that led to the halting of the execution by lethal injection at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama.
But although the US Supreme Court gave the go-ahead on Thursday evening for it to take place, there was not enough time before the death warrant expired at midnight.