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Alabama inmate's lawyers seek to block his execution by nitrogen gas, citing problems with controversial method

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Carey Dale Grayson , 49 , will be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia on Nov. 21 .

Grayson was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Alabama in 1996 .

The method has only been used once before in January 2024 .

Grayson is one of four teenagers convicted in the brutal torturing, killing and mutilation of 37-year-old Vickie Deblieux .

Alabama became the first in the U.S. to carry out an execution using nitrogen gason Jan. 26 .

Grayson 's attorneys say not enough evidence exists to support the efficacy or humanity of nitrogen hypoxia.

Alabama authorities said it was Kenneth Smith who caused problems by attempting to hold his breath.

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