The state of Alabama is asking a federal judge to keep confidential certain information about what happened during the failed execution of Alan Miller last month.
U.S. Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama last week ordered the state produce documents by Thursday related to the execution attempt - information being sought by Miller’s attorneys in a federal lawsuit.
If the members of the execution team were to be identified, those on the team may resign rather than face “harassment, violence, threats or unwanted attention from media, activists and the public,” according to an affidavit from Terry Raybon, the warden at William C. Holman Correctional Facility where executions are held. It would be difficult to replace members on the execution team, he stated.
Huffaker late Thursday afternoon gave Miller’s attorneys until Nov. 1 to respond to the state’s request.for his August 5, 1999 shooting spree that left three men dead at two businesses in Shelby County. But the lethal injection execution was called off minutes before midnight, when the state’s death warrant was set to expire.
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