Last-second amendment could lead to the execution of Alabama prisoner
A last-second amendment meant that a ban on judges overriding the wishes of juries to impose the death penalty wouldn't be retroactive.
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See recent postsA call for justice, not a cry for mercy for Kenneth Eugene Smith
Gov. Kay Ivey can pause Smith’s execution giving the Legislature time to decide if a 2017 law should have been retroactive.
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See recent posts“A mess”: Federal judge slams ADOC for handling of execution method
The judge took issue with ADOC's secretive ways and mishandling of nitrogen hypoxia documents.
Alabama Arise unveils 2023 roadmap for change in Alabama
The top priorities continue to be Medicaid expansion and eliminating the state grocery tax.
Alabama groups call for transparency in executions, oppose nitrogen hypoxia
The groups are calling for transparency in response to the delayed execution of Joe James Jr. in July, in which witnesses were kept outside for two hours.
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See recent postsIt’s time to end all executions
It is time to spare the life of Alan Eugene Miller and all the other persons on death row.
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See recent postsAlabama apparently tortured a man. No one seems to care
The account from Joe Nathan James' autopsy is horrifying, and no one in Alabama government is talking about it.
ADOC apologizes for “confusion” prior to execution
ADOC forced a female reporter to change her clothes because her skirt was "too short."
Alabama executed Joe Nathan James Jr. despite pleas from victim’s family
James was executed for the 1994 murder of Faith Hall, a 26-year-old mother of two.
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By Thursday evening, July 28, another soul will be killed by the state of Alabama.