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Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill allowing death penalty by nitrogen asphyxiation

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, April 5, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee gave a favorable report to Senate Bill 12 that would add nitrogen asphyxiation to the death penalty manner choices for condemned felons. SB12 is sponsored by Senator Trip Pittman (R-Montrose). Senator Pittman told the Committee that he wanted to provide condemned … Continued
April 6, 2017

Alabama’s Last Execution Was An Atrocity

By Stephen Cooper Alabama Political Reporter The last time Alabama played God, executing death row inmate Christopher Brooks by lethal injection on January 21, 2016, The Montgomery Advertiser and al.com published a column of mine in which I wrote: “Initial reports out of Alabama are that the execution went as ‘smoothly’ as killing a reasonably … Continued
October 28, 2016