UPDATE: A federal judge will allow attorneys for an Alabama Death Row inmate, who the state failed to execute on Thursday night, to preserve evidence and have the inmate examined for injuries.
A federal judge will allow attorneys for an Alabama Death Row inmate, who the state failed to execute on Thursday night, to preserve evidence and have the inmate examined for injuries.by the state of Alabama for his August 5, 1999 shooting spree that left three men dead in Shelby County. But it was called off at approximately 11:30 p.m. because Miller’s veins couldn’t be accessed before the death warrant expired at midnight, Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said.
The state “shall make immediate efforts to locate and preserve evidence concerning the attempted execution, including but not limited to notes, emails, texts, and used medical supplies such as syringes, swabs, scalpels, and IV-lines,” the judge ordered. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling just after 9 p.m., giving the state nearly three hours to conduct the execution before the death warrant expired.
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