It's been one week since Alabama used nitrogen gas to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings in 1999. It was the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country. Now, a Montgomery nonprofit will hold a panel discussion about the impact of the death penalty in Alabama. Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was executed at a south Alabama prison on Sept. 26. He shook and trembled on the gurney for about two minutes with his body at times pulling against the restraints. That was followed by about six minutes of periodic gulping breaths before he became still.
Striving for a World without Capital Punishment