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Death Row Inmate: Execution Drugs Won’t Work

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Lawyers for Alabama inmate Tommy Arthur say his lethal injection should be delayed because of issues with the state’s execution drugs. His attorneys filed court papers Wednesday with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. They pointed to issues with the state’s last lethal injection and say the state will give Arthur an ineffective anesthetic before giving him drugs to…

Execution Carried Out

Inmate convicted of a robbery/murder in 1994
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Here is a timeline of the execution of an Alabama Death Row inmate last night at Holman Prison in Atmore. ATMORE, Ala. (AP) – The Latest on the scheduled execution of an Alabama inmate (all times local): 11:15 p.m. A man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk has been put to death in Alabama, hours after the state’s execution…