Alabama Death Row Inmate Asks for Emergency Execution Stay
An Alabama inmate is asking an appellate court to halt his upcoming lethal injection using a sedative that his lawyers say has “failed to work properly in four states.” Robert Melson’s attorneys on May 25 asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency stay. Melson is scheduled to be executed June 8 for the slayings of three…
