Alabama executes Carey Dale Grayson using nitrogen gas for 1994 murder

Carey Dale Grayson, 50, was executed in Alabama on Thursday using nitrogen gas, a new method for capital punishment. He was convicted of the 1994 murder of hitchhiker Vickie DeBlieux. Grayson was pronounced dead at 6:33 PM after a final meal of seafood and tacos. During the execution, Grayson made a loud outburst and gestured towards witnesses. His attorneys had sought to appeal the execution, arguing that nitrogen hypoxia could cause suffering, but the U.S. Supreme Court denied the request shortly before his death. Grayson was sentenced to death while his co-defendants received life sentences after a Supreme Court ruling on juvenile executions. Alabama officials maintained that justice was served for DeBlieux, who was brutally murdered and mutilated by Grayson and his accomplices.