Alabama sets mid-October execution date for man who killed 5 in ax and gun attack
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Alabama sets mid-October execution date for man who killed 5 in ax and gun attack

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has set a mid-October execution date for a man who admitted to killing five people with an axe and gun and later told a judge he was dropping his appeals so he could be put to death. Dearman was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to killing five members of his then-girlfriend’s family during an Aug. 20, 2016, rampage at their rural Mobile County home near Citronelle in southwest Alabama. It’s a waste of time, resources and taxpayer dollars to continue my appeals when I am guilty and agree with my conviction and sentencing,” Dearman wrote in a handwritten letter mailed to the judge. According to a judge’s 2018 sentencing order, Dearman was a drug user and after he became physically abusive to his girlfriend, her brother brought her to his home near Citronelle.

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Alabama executes man who killed five, including pregnant woman, and welcomed his own death sentence
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Alabama executes man who killed five, including pregnant woman, and welcomed his own death sentence

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Prior to his execution, Dearman had …

Alabama to execute man for quintuple murder rampage
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Alabama to execute man for quintuple murder rampage

The Independent  

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Double killer receives lethal injection execution in Alabama
10 months ago

Double killer receives lethal injection execution in Alabama

The Independent  

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Alabama death row inmate Derrick Dearman drops appeals, asks to be executed
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Alabama death row inmate Derrick Dearman drops appeals, asks to be executed

CNN  

CNN — Derrick Dearman says he wants to live. It’s time, he says, for “justice to be delivered,” and “it’s the right thing to do.” “I don’t want to die,” Dearman told CNN in a phone interview Friday from a prison in Atmore, Alabama. “But I feel it in my heart that this is the only option that would help …

Alabama inmate executed for the shooting death of man in 1993 robbery
1 year, 4 months ago

Alabama inmate executed for the shooting death of man in 1993 robbery

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama inmate convicted of killing a man during a 1993 robbery when he was a teenager was executed Thursday by lethal injection. I hope you find peace.” McWhorter also used his final words to take an apparent verbal jab at his executioner, the prison warden who faced domestic violence accusations decades ago, saying that, “it’s not …

Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman
1 year, 8 months ago

Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman

Associated Press  

McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995 after his escape from a prison work center. Jemaine Cannon, 51, received a lethal injection at 10:01 a.m. and was pronounced dead 12 minutes later at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. A federal appeals court late Wednesday denied …

Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman
1 year, 8 months ago

Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman

LA Times  

This Feb. 11 booking photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Jemaine Cannon. Oklahoma executed Cannon on Thursday for stabbing 20-year-old Sharonda Clark to death with a butcher knife in 1995 after his escape from a prison work center. A federal appeals court late Wednesday denied Cannon’s last-minute appeal seeking a stay of execution in …

Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time
2 years, 4 months ago

Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Alabama's string of troubled lethal …

Judge dismisses lawsuit over upcoming lethal injection
2 years, 5 months ago

Judge dismisses lawsuit over upcoming lethal injection

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala — A federal judge dismissed an inmate’s claim seeking to block his upcoming execution in Alabama because of reported problems at a recent lethal injection. But U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. also warned Alabama’s prison commissioner to strictly follow established protocol when officials attempt to put Smith to death next month. Smith’s attorneys pointed to a …

Alabama man’s execution was botched, advocacy group alleges
2 years, 7 months ago

Alabama man’s execution was botched, advocacy group alleges

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama corrections officials apparently botched an inmate’s execution last month, an anti-death penalty group alleges, citing the length of time that passed before the prisoner received the lethal injection and a private autopsy indicating his arm may have been cut to find a vein. “States cannot continue to pretend that the abhorrent practice of lethal injection is …

Alabama killer is executed following a final phone call to his mother
2 years, 8 months ago

Alabama killer is executed following a final phone call to his mother

Daily Mail  

An Alabama inmate who shot his girlfriend dead nearly three decades ago was executed by lethal injection Thursday night after having a final phone call with his mother and despite pleas from the victim's family for clemency. Joe Nathan James Jr., 50, received a lethal injection at William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore after the US Supreme Court denied …

Alabama gov: Execution set despite wishes of victim’s family
2 years, 8 months ago

Alabama gov: Execution set despite wishes of victim’s family

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s governor said Wednesday that she has decided the state will proceed later this week with a plan to execute a man convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago, overriding a plea from the victim’s family to spare the man’s life. But Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall urged Ivey to let execution plans proceed and ensure …

Alabama Supreme Court sets execution date for inmate
2 years, 9 months ago

Alabama Supreme Court sets execution date for inmate

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court has set an execution date of July 28 for a man convicted of killing his one-time girlfriend after breaking into her home in Jefferson County almost three decades ago, according to a court order made public Monday. Courts have since rejected appeals by James including claims that his lawyers were ineffective, and the …

The Latest: Alabama executes man for 1997 quadruple killing
5 years, 10 months ago

The Latest: Alabama executes man for 1997 quadruple killing

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — The Latest on the scheduled Alabama execution of a man convicted in a quadruple killing : 7:45 p.m. Prison officials say 41-year-old inmate Michael Brandon Samra was pronounced dead at 7:33 p.m. following a lethal injection at the state prison at Atmore. Samra and a friend, Mark Duke, were convicted of capital murder in the deaths of …

Alabama inmate who wanted nitrogen spared lethal injection
5 years, 11 months ago

Alabama inmate who wanted nitrogen spared lethal injection

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama inmate convicted in the 1991 sword-and-dagger slaying of a pastor was spared a lethal injection when his death warrant expired before a divided U.S. Supreme Court voted early Friday to let the execution proceed. Justice Neil Gorsuch’s said judges should guard against efforts to use challenges to the method of execution “as tools to interpose …

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