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The execution of a prisoner who was sentenced to death in the US state of Alabama was canceled hours later due to the lack of an intravenous line. While the prisoner was waiting at the execution desk for hours, the incident inflamed the ‘poison injection’ debates in the country.
USAThe state of Alabama is scandalous again execution shaken by the news. Last month, the man’s suffering for 3 hours due to the mishaps experienced during the execution of a 50-year-old prisoner named Joe Nathan James Jr by lethal injection had fallen on the country’s agenda like a bomb. While the aforementioned event was recorded as the longest execution in the history of the USA, the ‘poison injection’ discussions in the country also flared up.
ALABAMA AGAIN SCANDAL
Shortly after the incident, the same state was the scene of a similar scandal. An Alabama man who was sentenced to death was kept at the execution desk for hours because the authorities could not find his intravenous line.
The criminal, whose name was learned to be Alan Miller, was sentenced to death in 1999 after being convicted in an attack in which he killed Terry Jarvis, Lee Holdbrooks and Scott Yancy.
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THE DECISION WAS APPROVED AFTER 19 YEARS, BUT NOT IMPLEMENTED
In the nitrogen hypoxia method, the prisoner breathes a gas such as nitrogen or helium instead of air. After about 17-20 seconds, the prisoner begins to lose consciousness, and within three seconds, breathing stops completely.
When the death sentence was announced, the 57-year-old man conveyed his request to the official authorities to be executed with ‘nitrogen hypoxia’, a method that was legally offered to him but never used in the USA before, instead of ‘poison injection’.
Miller’s ‘nitrogen hypoxia’ claim was only approved in 2018 due to legal processes. However, US District Judge R. Austin Huffaker changed the execution method to ‘poison injection’ due to problems in the legal procedure and determined the execution date.
THEY CANNOT FIND A VIN for HOURS
On the day of the execution, the authorities could not find an intravenous line in Miller’s arm, despite all their attempts for hours. It was decided to cancel the execution around 11:30 pm, after the prisoner’s arms were full of holes, who was already afraid of the ‘poison injection’ method and did not want to be executed in this way.
EXECUTION TURNING INTO THE STORY OF THE SNAKE
The man known as the ‘Alabama murderer’ returned to his cell after waiting on the death row for hours. As the public debated the execution, which had turned into a snake story for years, Miller’s lawyers
Gathering evidence for injuries resulting from an attempted execution.
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The incident is in the US press and social media today. ‘great incompetence’ interpreted as.
The execution chamber where the prisoners are executed
THE MOST COMMON METHOD OF EXECUTION IN THE USA: POISONIC NEEDLE
‘Poison needle’ or ‘fatal injection’ One of the most common forms of execution used in the USA. The needle in question is prepared by mixing midazolam, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride. These chemicals make the applied person sleep. First, it stops breathing and, accordingly, the heart.
He started to squirm at the execution table
Although poison injection is an accepted method of execution in the USA, mishaps during execution in recent years have caused prisoners to die in agony.
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For example, an execution carried out in Oklahoma in 2021 was the scene of terrible images. Eyewitnesses stated that 60-year-old prisoner John Marion Grant started to squirm and vomit after the injection.
The court published the definitive findings on John Grant’s execution in June, explaining that Grant vomited during the execution because his stomach was full.
43 MINUTES OF LIFE
Another chilling example is the case of Clayton Lockett, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a 19-year-old girl. The execution carried out in 2014 turned into a great torture and drew a worldwide reaction.
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38-year-old prisoner following injection “My body is on fire” ‘ he cried out, trying to get up from his seat and agonizing for 43 minutes before he died.
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