Judge Blocks Thursday Execution by Lethal Injection of Alabama Inmate Who Says He Requested Alternative

Judge Blocks Thursday Execution by Lethal Injection of Alabama Inmate Who Says He Requested Alternative
Officials escort murder suspect Alan Eugene Miller away from the Pelham City Jail in Alabama on Aug. 5, 1999. Dave Martin/AP Photo
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A U.S. federal judge on Monday blocked the execution of a death row inmate in Alabama who has said the state lost his paperwork requesting an alternative to lethal injection.

Alan Miller said he requested execution by inhaling nitrogen hypoxia, an untested method which Alabama allows but has never used.

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