FILE - Officials escort murder suspect Alan Eugene Miller away from the Pelham City Jail in Alabama, Aug. 5, 1999. Miller, the Alabama inmate seeking to block the state's attempt to make him the second person put to death by nitrogen gas, filed a lawsuit Friday, March 29, 2024, arguing the first execution under the new method was “botched" and caused cruel and prolonged suffering. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) FILE PHOTO