Alabama death row inmate files federal lawsuit following ‘botched’ execution
With time running out, Miller’s execution by lethal injection was called off at 11:30 p.m. after Holman Prison officials were unable to find access to his veins, butIn the lawsuit, Miller said he was poked and prodded for 90 minutes in what his attorneys described as a “botched” execution.
However, the lawsuit said Alabama Corrections Commissioner Jon Hamm said they could not carry out an execution by nitrogen hypoxia and was prepared to use lethal injection instead. The Supreme Court ultimately cleared the way for the execution. The lawsuit said they eventually tried Miller’s arms again, before the unidentified men began “slapping the skin on his neck … Mr. Miller physically recoiled out of intense fear of the men trying to insert a needle in his neck.”
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