MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alan Eugene Miller became the second man in the nation executed by nitrogen gas Thursday when the state of Alabama put him to death for a 1999 triple homicide, after failing to do so by lethal injection in 2022.
Miller was taken into the execution chamber on Thursday evening at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, and was pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m., Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said in a statement. Miller gasped, shook, and struggled against his restraints for two minutes after the gas began to flow.
He continued to gasp and move for several more minutes after apparently losing consciousness, movements that Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm described as expected and “involuntary.”…