Execution date set for Alabama death row inmate
Gov. Kay Ivey has scheduled an execution date for an inmate convicted of shooting and killing a man during a 1993 robbery.
Gov. Kay Ivey has scheduled an execution date for an inmate convicted of shooting and killing a man during a 1993 robbery.
Alabama executed a man on Friday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state resumed lethal injections after failed executions prompted the governor to order an internal review of procedures.
Alabama plans to execute an inmate on Thursday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state seeks to carry out its first lethal injection after a pause in executions following a string of problems with inserting the IVs.
Attorneys for an Alabama inmate on death row asked a federal appeals court Monday to block his upcoming execution, arguing the state has a history of troubled lethal injections.
A federal appeals court on Friday said Alabama cannot execute a man with an IQ in the 70s, agreeing with a lower court’s ruling that he is intellectually disabled and that his death sentence is unconstitutional.
The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with an Alabama death row inmate wants to be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia when he is ultimately executed.
The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of an inmate this summer as the state attempts to resume lethal injections following a series of troubled executions.
Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday said she wants to give the state additional time to carry out an execution after a series of failed lethal injections.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall held a news conference to say that there is “no moratorium” on executions in Alabama, despite Gov. Kay Ivey’s call for a review of the state’s protocol.
Alabama won’t seek another lethal injection date for an inmate whose September execution had been halted because of problems establishing an intravenous line.