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Jay Reeves

FOUND: Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection 798c7525 6236 4f79 92b2 16e0ecc01df8 - What They Never Told You

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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.

Ivey's office issued a statement saying she had both asked Attorney General Steve Marshall to withdraw motions seeking execution dates for two inmates and requested that the Department of Corrections undertake a full review of the state's execution process.

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