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Supreme Court to hear Alabama appeal in push to execute intellectually disabled man

The inmate killed a man by beating him to death with a hammer and saw.

The Independent UK

Daughter of murder victim explains why she opposed killer’s execution: ‘This needs to stop’

Carey Dale Grayson was executed by Alabama on Thursday evening for his role in the 1994 murder of Vickie Deblieux

The Independent UK

Alabama death row inmate asks for no autopsy after execution due to his religion

Keith Gavin’s attorneys said the filing is not an attempt to stop the execution from going ahead

The Independent UK

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Alabama executes man by nitrogen gas for the first time in the U.S.

Kenneth Smith, 58, died at 8:25 p.m. Thursday, after a slew of last-minute appeals to several courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, failed.

WEKU

Alabama’s new execution method could be dangerous for everyone in the room

Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to become the first death row inmate to be executed with nitrogen. His pastor says the untested procedure is a cruel violation of religious liberties, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Alabama's upcoming gas execution could harm witnesses and violate religious liberty

Alabama plans to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas. NPR obtained a Department of Corrections document showing the method may pose risks to others in the room and impede religious liberties.

WEKU

Alabama sets date for first death row execution using nitrogen gas

Officials previously tried to put 58-year-old Kenneth Eugene Smith to death in 2022

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Alabama rushing to resume executions

Top state officials seem more interested in killing more killing than in fixing their gruesome mistakes

Salon

NPR uncovered secret execution tapes from Virginia. More remain hidden

Four tapes mysteriously donated to a library reveal uncertainty behind the scenes of the death chamber — and indicate the prison neglected to record evidence during an execution gone wrong.

WEKU

Alabama inmate ‘baked to death’ in prison cell, says lawsuit

‘He had dreams of obtaining his freedom, joining his mother and starting a new and productive life’

The Independent UK

Attorneys: 'Botched' execution caused pain and torture

Attorneys say an Alabama inmate was "subjected to ever-escalating levels of pain and torture” during an aborted execution

The Independent UK

Alabama failed to complete an execution by lethal injection for a third time

The uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state's second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate in the past two months and its third since 2018.

WEKU

Former officer: Alabama 'not in control' of state prisons

A former corrections officer said Alabama is no longer in control of its prisons and said he believes federal officials should intervene in the system

The Independent UK

Alabama inmates go on strike to protest ‘deplorable’ conditions, unpaid labour

Guards asleep on duty, meagre meals and cells covered in filth: incarcerated people across the southern US state of Alabama have refused to work since September 26 in protest against shocking conditions in overcrowded facilities, including violence, neglect and poor hygiene. The strike has brought prisons, which depend on and…

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'Kafkaesque' botched execution slammed as officials made 18 failed attempts to find vein

Alabama officials botched the execution of death row inmate Alan Eugene Miller earlier this month and now a court has ordered evidence to be preserved after 18 failed attempts to find a vein

The Independent UK

Alabama suspends execution after inmate demands novel way to die

Ruling gets at larger questions around state’s execution protocols

The Independent UK

Alabama must disclose status of nitrogen hypoxia executions

A federal judge told Alabama to stop being vague and give a firm answer by Thursday evening on if the prison system might use the untested execution method of nitrogen hypoxia at an execution next week

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Alabama wants executions by nitrogen hypoxia: What is it?

Alabama told a federal judge that it could be ready as soon as next week to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence

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Joe Nathan James Jr: Critics call for investigation into ‘abhorrent’ three-hour Alabama execution

Lethal injection one of longest in US history

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Alabama inmate executed against wishes of victim’s family took three hours to die in record delay

James’s death warrant was read out at 9.03pm, three hours after lethal execution was originally scheduled

Salon

Journo blocked from execution for skirt

Editor rips “sexist and an egregious breach of professional conduct”

The Independent UK

Alabama executes death row inmate over 1994 murder despite victim’s family pleas

Multiple family members of the victim spoke out in recent days calling for Joe Nathan James Jr’s execution to be halted

WEKU

Alabama execution set despite opposition from victim's kin

Joe Nathan James Jr. was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend nearly three decades ago. The execution is scheduled to proceed despite a request from the victim's family to spare his life.

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Alabama execution is set despite opposition from the victim's family

Joe Nathan James Jr. was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend nearly three decades ago. The execution is scheduled to proceed despite a request from the victim's family to spare his life.

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