Death Row disasters including flames shooting from head and three hours of pain

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United States still utilises for Death Row inmates in many states, are not always as straightforward as they appear. The ongoing issues circling the recently botched execution of Alan Eugene Miller are yet to draw to a close after a medical team tried desperately to jab a lethal injection into his foot.Miller, a convicted murderer, is set to sue the state of Alabama for the excruciating pain they placed him in during an execution attempt, but it is not the first time the United States has had trouble killing their Death Row convicts.READ MORE: Death Row killer survives agonising botched execution as desperate staff inject footOther horrifying disasters have occurred, including one prisoner whose head burst into flames.That inmate was Pedro Medina, who was sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder of a woman in Orlando, Florida.His execution was 15 years later, where Medina was placed into an electric chair, which malfunctioned and shot flames through his head, much to the horror of those observing.Those in attendance for Medina's gruesome death, including a pastor, witnessed the barbaric death as "Old Sparky" malfunctioned, with a burning smell and flames emanating from the body reported.Horrific executions are rather common, with another prisoner suffering from "hours of pain" as his veins were sliced open in what was at the time the "longest execution" experienced.Joe Nathan James Jr.

endured "three hours of pain" during his execution for the murder of former girlfriend Faith Hall.An autopsy for James Jr. revealed he had "struggled" during the execution, with the report reading he "had to be sedated".Director of Reprieve US, Maya Foa said at the time: "Subjecting a prisoner to three hours of pain and suffering is the.