An organization opposed to capital punishment called PHADP says Alabama’s lethal injection method secretive and undocumented. Their protest comes amid new questions about how Alabama carries out capital punishment.
Sep. 21, 2022, 12:28 p.m.People from a number of organizations delivered petitions to Gov. Kay Ivey's office at the State Capitol on Sept. 21, 2022, opposing the way Alabama carries out executions. Opponents of the death penalty delivered petitions to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s office this morning calling for more transparency in how the state conducts executions and for a hold on capital punishment until the process can be reviewed.
Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty in Alabama calls the state’s lethal injection method secretive and undocumented. The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, Alabama Arise, Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice, the Civil Rights Memorial of the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Death Penalty Action were among the other groups that participated in this morning’s event.
On Thursday, the state was scheduled to execute Alan Eugene Miller by lethal injection. Miller was convicted of killing three men in a Shelby County workplace shooting spree in August 1999. A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction MondayMiller claims he requested execution by nitrogen hypoxia when condemned inmates were allowed to make that choice in 2018. The state says there is no evidence of that, but the judge found Miller’s claim credible.
Joe Nathan James Jr. was executed July 28 for the 1994 slaying of his ex-girlfriend, Faith Hall. James’ eyes were closed and he appeared unresponsive during the portion of the execution viewed by witnesses and the media, which came after the delay at Holman prison in Atmore. The delay andhave led to criticism of the state’s competency in carrying out executions.
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