Alabama to carry out first lethal injection after review of execution procedures
1 year, 8 months ago

Alabama to carry out first lethal injection after review of execution procedures

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 plans to execute an inmate Friday morning for the 2001 beating death of a woman, in what would be the first lethal injection since the state paused executions following a string of problems with inserting the IVs. The U.S. Supreme Court denied Barber's request for a stay shortly after midnight and cleared the way for the execution to begin. Barber’s scheduled execution comes hours after Oklahoma executed Jemaine Cannon for stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995 after his escape from a prison work center. The Alabama Supreme Court did away with its customary midnight deadline to get an execution underway in order to give the state more time to establish an IV line and battle last-minute legal appeals.

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‘He is innocent': Juror urges clemency for Alabama man facing execution
3 weeks, 5 days ago

‘He is innocent': Juror urges clemency for Alabama man facing execution

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court has cleared the way for the execution of a man whose innocence claim is supported by a juror from his trial. Kacey Keeton, a lawyer for Myers, said his case is “rife with examples of failure.” She said there is no physical evidence linking him to the crime. I believe, without reservation, that …

Alabama puts man to death for a 1991 murder in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Alabama puts man to death for a 1991 murder in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas

Hindustan Times  

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama man convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Alabama puts man to death for a 1991 murder in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. at …

US man convicted of killing store clerk faces death in first of 5 executions over next week
6 months ago

US man convicted of killing store clerk faces death in first of 5 executions over next week

Firstpost  

Owens was sentenced to death in 1999 for the murder of Irene Graves, a mother of three, during an armed robbery of a convenience store in Greenville, South Carolina, on Halloween night in 1997 This undated booking photo obtained from the South Carolina Department of Corrections in Columbia, South Carolina, shows death row inmate Freddie Owens, 46. AFP A man …

Alabama opposes defense attorneys’ request to film nitrogen execution
6 months, 1 week ago

Alabama opposes defense attorneys’ request to film nitrogen execution

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The state of Alabama asked a judge Friday to deny defense lawyers’ request to film the next execution by nitrogen gas in an attempt to help courts evaluate whether the new method is humane. The request to record the scheduled Sept. 26 execution of Alan Miller was filed by attorneys for another man facing the death penalty, …

Alabama sets November date for third nitrogen execution
7 months ago

Alabama sets November date for third nitrogen execution

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s governor has set a Nov. 21 execution date for what is scheduled to be the nation’s third death sentence carried out by nitrogen gas. Kay Ivey set the execution date for Carey Dale Grayson, 49, after the Alabama Supreme Court last week ruled that it could take place. While Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall described the …

Double killer receives lethal injection execution in Alabama
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Double killer receives lethal injection execution in Alabama

The Independent  

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Georgia death row inmate to be executed after last-ditch appeal
1 year ago

Georgia death row inmate to be executed after last-ditch appeal

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 Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Willie James Pye, 59, has been on death …

Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas in the US. Here’s what we know
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas in the US. Here’s what we know

CNN  

CNN — Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Here’s what we know about the historic execution: In Alabama, 43 other inmates have requested new execution method After widespread discussion and speculation about how Smith’s execution would unfold, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall told reporters …

Federal Court Says Alabama Can Carry Out First Nitrogen Gas Execution
1 year, 1 month ago

Federal Court Says Alabama Can Carry Out First Nitrogen Gas Execution

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, refusing to block what would be the nation’s first execution by a new method since 1982. “I remain confident that the Supreme Court will come down on the side of justice, and that Smith’s execution …

Supreme Court declines to halt first US nitrogen-gas execution in Alabama case
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court declines to halt first US nitrogen-gas execution in Alabama case

Hindustan Times  

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt Alabama from proceeding with the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas to carry out the death penalty on convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who survived a botched lethal injection in 2022 that helped prompt a review of the state's death penalty procedures. The justices denied Smith's request to stay his execution, which …

Alabama inmate asks federal appeals court to block first-ever execution by nitrogen gas
1 year, 2 months ago

Alabama inmate asks federal appeals court to block first-ever execution by nitrogen gas

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An attorney for an Alabama inmate set to be the nation’s first person ever put to death by nitrogen gas asked a federal appeals court Friday to block the upcoming execution using the “untested methods.” Kenneth Smith, 58, is scheduled to be executed Thursday, when a respirator-type mask will be put on his face to replace his …

Alabama court says state can make second attempt to execute inmate whose lethal injection failed
1 year, 2 months ago

Alabama court says state can make second attempt to execute inmate whose lethal injection failed

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday rejected the appeal of a death row inmate who is scheduled to be the first person put to death with nitrogen gas and had argued that he shouldn’t face execution after a previous attempt at a lethal injection failed. Justices without dissent rejected arguments that a second attempt to execute Kenneth …

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 …

Alabama sets date for first-ever US execution of death row inmate by nitrogen gas in 2024, governor says
1 year, 4 months ago

Alabama sets date for first-ever US execution of death row inmate by nitrogen gas in 2024, governor says

CNN  

CNN — Alabama has scheduled the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia, an alternative to lethal injection, its Republican governor said. The new development in Smith’s case comes after Alabama paused executions last fall and reviewed its execution process after problems with lethal injections came into the national spotlight. Alabama finalized the first-ever execution protocols for the new method in …

Alabama executes man for the 2001 beating death of a woman, resuming lethal injections after review
1 year, 8 months ago

Alabama executes man for the 2001 beating death of a woman, resuming lethal injections after review

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — 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. In a last-minute legal fight, Barber’s attorneys had argued that the execution shouldn’t go forward, citing the state’s difficulties obtaining intravenous access in recent …

Alabama death row inmate asks appeals court to block this week’s scheduled execution
1 year, 8 months ago

Alabama death row inmate asks appeals court to block this week’s scheduled execution

CNN  

CNN — An Alabama death row inmate has asked a federal appeals court to stop his execution scheduled for this week, arguing the state hasn’t made sufficient changes to its capital punishment system after problems relating to several other scheduled lethal injections prompted a three-month pause on executions. Attorneys for James Barber filed the motion to the 11th Circuit Court …

US Supreme Court sides with Alabama inmate who seeks to die by nitrogen hypoxia
1 year, 10 months ago

US Supreme Court sides with Alabama inmate who seeks to die by nitrogen hypoxia

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with an Alabama death row inmate, who had his lethal injection called off at the last minute in November, and argues he should be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia when he is ultimately executed. The state argued the decision disregarded Supreme Court precedent that an inmate challenging an execution …

Supreme Court sides with Alabama inmate who seeks to die by nitrogen gas
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court sides with Alabama inmate who seeks to die by nitrogen gas

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a death row inmate in Alabama – whose scheduled execution by lethal injection was called off at the last minute by the state – who seeks to die by nitrogen gas when he is ultimately executed. Alabama had asked the high court to intervene – arguing that a lower court that …

Alabama to resume executions after multiple failed injections prompted system review, governor says
2 years ago

Alabama to resume executions after multiple failed injections prompted system review, governor says

CNN  

CNN — Alabama will resume the executions of death row inmates, the governor said Friday, three months after multiple failed lethal injections prompted an internal review of the state’s capital punishment system. In November, Ivey asked Marshall to pause executions and requested the state Department of Corrections to conduct a “top-to-bottom review of the state’s execution process” after problems with …

Alabama extends time for executions, ends automatic review
2 years, 2 months ago

Alabama extends time for executions, ends automatic review

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has changed death penalty procedures to give the prison system more time to carry out executions — a move that comes after a string of troubled lethal injections in the state — and also eliminated an automatic review for trial errors in death penalty cases. Kay Ivey’s office called the time window change a “win for …

Alabama governor seeks more time to carry out executions
2 years, 3 months ago

Alabama governor seeks more time to carry out executions

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. “In several recent executions, last-minute gamesmanship by death row inmates and their lawyers has consumed a lot of valuable time, preventing the department from carrying out its execution protocol between the conclusion of all legal challenges in the federal courts and the expiration at the death warrant issued by your court,” Ivey wrote. While Ivey …

Alabama ‘execution survivor’ reaches settlement with state
2 years, 3 months ago

Alabama ‘execution survivor’ reaches settlement with state

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala — Alabama won’t seek another lethal injection date for an inmate whose September execution had been halted because of problems establishing an intravenous line, according to the terms of a settlement agreement approved on Monday. Miller had argued that the state lost paperwork stating he picked nitrogen hypoxia as his execution method and then subjected him to torture …

Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection
2 years, 3 months ago

Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection

Associated Press  

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection. Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said the department is fully committed to the review and is “confident that we can get this done right.” “Everything is on the table — …

Alabama governor asks to pause executions and review system after recent lethal injections halted
2 years, 4 months ago

Alabama governor asks to pause executions and review system after recent lethal injections halted

CNN  

CNN — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has asked the state’s attorney general to pause executions and requested a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system following multiple failed lethal injections. “Ivey on Monday asked Attorney General Steve Marshall to withdraw the state’s two pending motions to set execution dates in the cases of Alan Eugene Miller and James Edward …

Alabama Fails To Complete Lethal Injection For 3rd Time
2 years, 4 months ago

Alabama Fails To Complete Lethal Injection For 3rd Time

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s string of troubled lethal injections, which worsened late Thursday as prison workers aborted another execution because of a problem with intravenous lines, is unprecedented nationally, a group that tracks capital punishment said Friday. A leader at the Death Penalty Information Center, an anti-death penalty group with a large database on executions, said no …

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

Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s string of troubled lethal injections, which worsened late Thursday as prison workers aborted another execution because of a problem with intravenous lines, is unprecedented nationally, a group that tracks capital punishment said Friday. A leader at the Death Penalty Information Center, an anti-death penalty group with a large database on executions, said no state other than …

EXPLAINER: Why are states having lethal injection problems?
2 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why are states having lethal injection problems?

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A scheduled execution in Alabama that was called off Thursday after prison officials couldn’t find a suitable vein to inject the lethal drugs into is the latest in a long history of problems with lethal injections since Texas became the first state to use the execution method in 1982, including delays in finding usable veins. Numerous other …

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 …

When Death Must Wait: Alabama calls off execution after problem with inserting IV
2 years, 4 months ago

When Death Must Wait: Alabama calls off execution after problem with inserting IV

Firstpost  

Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said prison staff tried for about an hour to get the two required intravenous lines connected to Kenneth Eugene Smith, 57 ATMORE: Alabama’s execution of a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife was called off Thursday just before the midnight deadline because state officials couldn’t find a suitable …

Alabama calls off execution after difficulties inserting IV
2 years, 4 months ago

Alabama calls off execution after difficulties inserting IV

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama’s execution of a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife was called off Thursday just before the midnight deadline because state officials couldn’t find a suitable vein to inject the lethal drugs. Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said prison staff tried for about an hour to get the two required …

After difficulties with injection, Alabama cancels execution greenlighted by Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

After difficulties with injection, Alabama cancels execution greenlighted by Supreme Court

LA Times  

Kenneth Eugene Smith, 57, was sentenced to death in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife and was to have been executed Thursday. Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said prison staff tried for about an hour to get the two required intravenous lines connected to Kenneth Eugene Smith, 57. The postponement came after Smith’s final appeals, which …

Alabama execution set in murder-for-hire of preacher's wife
2 years, 4 months ago

Alabama execution set in murder-for-hire of preacher's wife

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 is preparing to execute …

Execution of Alabama death row prisoner is called off, state official says, citing time constraints from late-night court battle
2 years, 4 months ago

Execution of Alabama death row prisoner is called off, state official says, citing time constraints from late-night court battle

CNN  

CNN — Alabama corrections officials Thursday cited time constraints caused by a late-night court battle in halting the scheduled execution of a death row prisoner – the second time in as many months the state failed to carry out an execution before the expiration of a death warrant. Smith’s execution was called off at about 11:20 p.m. “due to the …

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 …

Attorneys: Inmate endured ‘torture’ during execution attempt
2 years, 5 months ago

Attorneys: Inmate endured ‘torture’ during execution attempt

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala — An Alabama inmate said prison staff poked him with needles for over an hour as they tried to find a vein during an aborted lethal injection last month. Attorneys for 57-year-old Alan Eugene Miller wrote about his experience during Alabama’s Sept. 22 execution attempt in a court filing made last week. The attorneys called Miller the “only …

Court orders Alabama to preserve evidence after ‘Kafkaesque’ botched midnight execution
2 years, 5 months ago

Court orders Alabama to preserve evidence after ‘Kafkaesque’ botched midnight execution

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 Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Following the failed execution, Alabama’s third since 2018, …

Judge: State must preserve evidence from halted execution
2 years, 5 months ago

Judge: State must preserve evidence from halted execution

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama to preserve records and medical supplies associated with a lethal injection attempt after the prison system acknowledged multiple attempts to access the inmate’s veins before calling off the execution. U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. issued the order at the request of the inmate’s lawyers who are trying to …

Alabama calls off execution for time and medical concerns
2 years, 5 months ago

Alabama calls off execution for time and medical concerns

NPR  

Alabama calls off execution for time and medical concerns Enlarge this image toggle caption Dave Martin/AP Dave Martin/AP ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama officials called off the Thursday lethal injection of a man convicted in a 1999 workplace shooting because of time concerns and trouble accessing the inmate's veins. Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said the state halted the scheduled execution …

Alabama asks US Supreme Court to let execution proceed
2 years, 5 months ago

Alabama asks US Supreme Court to let execution proceed

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Alabama’s attempt to proceed with the execution of an inmate who claims the state lost his paperwork selecting an alternative to lethal injection. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the state’s request to lift a recent injunction preventing the state from carrying out Thursday night’s scheduled execution of Alan Miller. In …

State opposes lawsuit to block execution of Alabama inmate
2 years, 6 months ago

State opposes lawsuit to block execution of Alabama inmate

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The state asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an Alabama inmate who is trying to halt his lethal injection later this month by arguing officials lost paperwork in which he selected an alternate execution method. The lawsuit by Alan Eugene Miller, who was convicted of killing three men in a workplace shooting in …

Alabama man’s execution was botched, advocacy group alleges
2 years, 6 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 …

Death by lethal injection: It is time for more transparency
2 years, 6 months ago

Death by lethal injection: It is time for more transparency

Al Jazeera  

An apparently botched execution in Alabama raises questions about the use of medicine as an arm of state power. Regardless of how one might feel about the rightness or wrongness of capital punishment, it still must comport with the law and not violate the 8th Amendment of the United States Constitution, which bars “cruel and unusual punishments.” Yet if accounts …

Delay raises questions about Alabama lethal injection
2 years, 7 months ago

Delay raises questions about Alabama lethal injection

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 prison commissioner did not …

Alabama killer is executed following a final phone call to his mother
2 years, 7 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 …

Man executed despite calls from victim’s family to spare him
2 years, 7 months ago

Man executed despite calls from victim’s family to spare him

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama inmate convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago was executed Thursday night despite pleas from the victim’s family to spare his life. “We hoped the state wouldn’t take a life simply because a life was taken and we have forgiven Mr. Joe Nathan James Jr. for his atrocities toward our family.. We pray that …

Alabama governor ignores wishes of victim’s family to set execution date for man who killed girlfriend
2 years, 7 months ago

Alabama governor ignores wishes of victim’s family to set execution date for man who killed girlfriend

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 Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The governor of Alabama …

Alabama gov: Execution set despite wishes of victim’s family
2 years, 7 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 execution to proceed over wishes of victim's family
2 years, 7 months ago

Alabama execution to proceed over wishes of victim's family

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 governor said Wednesday that …

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 …

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