Alabama executes Keith Edmund Gavin for 1998 murder
Gavin was convicted of the 1998 murder of William Clayton Jr., who was shot outside of a bank in Centre.
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See recent postsAlabama lacks the moral standing to conduct executions
After Thursday's execution, Gov. Kay Ivey said, "In Alabama, we uphold the rule of law." Which laws are those, exactly?
McWhorter second incarcerated person executed in Alabama this year
Casey McWhorter, 49, was executed by the state via lethal injection for the 1993 murder and robbery of Edward Lee Williams Sr.
Ivey sets first execution since statewide moratorium
The state will now have 30 hours to carry out the execution, a six-hour boost over the previous limit.
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See recent postsGov. v. AG: Fight over execution process, aiming higher is the answer
By contradicting Ivey on the execution moratorium, Marshall made clear that respect for decency and law aren't important to him.
Gov. Kay Ivey announces moratorium on executions, orders “top-to-bottom review”
The governor asked the attorney general not to seek additional executions for other incarcerated people until after "a top-to-bottom review."
Execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith halted after failed attempt to find vein
Commissioner John Hamm assured Ivey that the Department of Corrections was prepared to carry out the death sentence successfully, only to fail again.
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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.
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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.