Death Row triple-murderer's execution halted as medics botch lethal injection 18 times

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killing three men in a workplace shooting in 1999 avoided execution after doctors botched his lethal injection at least 18 times.

Alabama's prison commissioner reportedly said that the lethal injection did not go ahead because they had trouble finding Alan Eugene Miller's veins.In an embarrassing turn of events, officials were forced to postpone the execution of the triple-murderer on September 22.READ MORE: Death Row Killer seeking nitrogen death enjoyed last meal despite cancelled executionCommissioner of the Department of Corrections John Hamm blamed "time constraints resulting from the lateness of the court proceedings" as the reason for the delays.He said: "The execution was called off once it was determined the condemned inmate’s veins could not be accessed in accordance with our protocol before the expiration of the death warrant."After the execution attempt Miller's lawyers filed an emergency motion to grant them access to their client so they could take photographs of his injuries.Miller, 57, murdered three men in a workplace shooting in 1999 in Birmingham, Alabama.The lead-up to the attempted execution was described as "Kafkaesque" due to the handling of Miller's request to be executed through nitrogen hypoxia instead of lethal injection.Miller had claimed a fear of needles, which also led to the halting of his execution by lethal injection.Miller's lawyers, applying for a stay of execution, said: "The State’s new, Kafkaesque argument in favour of forcing an illegal execution tonight is that the truth of whether Mr Miller timely submitted his nitrogen hypoxia election form does not matter."To get more stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters here.In a.