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13 Dec 2016, 12:29 pm by Alfred Brophy
Supreme Court cited the report that resulted from that assessment in a 2012 ruling that favored a death-row inmate in Alabama. [read post]
13 Dec 2016, 7:12 am by Kate McGovern Tornone
For example, a hearing on Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), whom Trump nominated for attorney general, is scheduled for January 10 and 11, according to the Senate Judiciary Committee. [read post]
13 Dec 2016, 4:49 am by FHH Law
FHH is presenting the event in cooperation with our friends at a number of state broadcaster associations, including those in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland/DC/Delaware, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York State, Oregon, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas and Washington State. [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 8:56 am by Amy Howe
Although the timing may be a coincidence, the denials came just a few days after a dramatic series of events last week (discussed in more detail in this post) in which the court twice put the execution of an Alabama inmate on hold, only to eventually allow it to proceed. [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 4:14 am by Edith Roberts
Last Thursday, the court denied a stay in a death penalty case from Alabama, after a flurry of last-minute motions, and Ronald Smith was executed late that night; four justices voted to grant the stay, but five votes are required. [read post]
11 Dec 2016, 11:06 am by Justin Cosgrove
Defenders of condemned inmate Ronald Bert Smith Jr. are calling his execution [Chicago Tribune report] an "avoidable disaster. [read post]
10 Dec 2016, 9:20 pm by Jon Katz
’s Alabama execution — discussed separately by me today — is an example of the fallacy that lethal injection can be assured to be painless. [read post]
10 Dec 2016, 9:05 pm by Jon Katz
All the more sadly, Alabama has a staggering number of instances (100 since 1976) where judges have overruled jury recommendations of life imprisonment versus death. [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 2:45 pm
Alabama had insisted on using midazolam, a failed drug that has no place in executions. [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 2:07 pm by Kent Scheidegger
As noted in today's News Scan, last night Alabama executed murderer Ronald Smith. [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 11:47 am
"Inmate coughs, heaves during Alabama execution raising ire over drug": David Beasley of Reuters has a report that begins, "A man executed by Alabama on Thursday night heaved and coughed for 13 minutes before dying, and critics of capital punishment said his reaction was caused by a drug that should be banned because it does not render a prisoner sufficiently unconscious. [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 10:59 am by CJLF Staff
This was the second to take place in Alabama this year. [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 10:13 am by Amy Howe
Alabama Prison Commissioner Jeff Dunn told reporters that the state had “followed our protocol. [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 9:06 am
"Alabama Death Row inmate Ronald Bert Smith heaved, coughed for 13 minutes during execution": Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report. [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 8:54 am by David Oxenford
As most radio stations don’t have individuals at their stations familiar with music licensing practices, it is difficult to imagine the small station in Ottumwa, Iowa or Elko, Nevada, or Dothan, Alabama each negotiating with all of the songwriter representatives. [read post]