Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama has set a Nov. 21 execution date for Carey Dale Grayson, who is scheduled to be executed via nitrogen gas. This would be the nation’s third death sentence carried out using this method. Grayson was convicted in the 1994 killing of Vickie Deblieux in Jefferson County when he was a teenager.
Alabama recently carried out its first nitrogen gas execution in January, which was met with controversy as the inmate shook for several minutes before dying. Despite this, Alabama is moving forward with additional nitrogen executions. Grayson is currently challenging the constitutionality of this execution method, arguing that it causes unconstitutional levels of pain.
Alan Eugene Miller, who is also set to be executed via nitrogen gas, recently reached a settlement with the state over the specifics of the execution protocol. Grayson’s attorney expressed disappointment that the execution was authorized before the federal courts could review the challenge to Alabama’s current nitrogen protocol.
Grayson and two other teenagers were convicted of torturing and killing Deblieux in a brutal attack in 1994. The U.S. Supreme Court banned the execution of offenders who were under 18 at the time of the crime, leading to the commutation of the death sentences for two of the teenagers involved. Grayson, who was 19 at the time of the crime, still faces execution.
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