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Condemned Alabama Prisoner Now Spared Twice

Loaded on Oct. 31, 2022 by Chuck Sharman published in Prison Legal News November, 2022, page 40
Filed under: Death Penalty, Stays. Location: Alabama.

by Chuck Sharman

When his death warrant expired at 12:01 a.m. on September 23, 2022, condemned Alabama prisoner Alan Eugene Miller was still alive, capping a wild few days during which his execution was stayed by a federal judge and then reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court before executioners tried ...

 

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