DeSantis Death Penalty Spree Fuels Surge in US Executions | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Florida governor and 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis made a return to capital punishment in his state a key element of his “tough on crime” campaign messaging this past year, and the result was an overall increase in the use of the death penalty in the United States, according to a new annual report. The […]
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Alabama inmate may be first person to be executed this way | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Home Daily News Alabama inmate may be first person to be… Death Penalty Alabama inmate may be first person to be executed this way By Debra Cassens Weiss November 7, 2023, 12:24 pm CST The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the state to use nitrogen to execute a man for his role in a 1988 […]
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Florida could end unanimous jury requirement for executions | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Republican legislators, at the governor’s urging, introduced legislation to allow the jury to choose the death penalty with only eight of the 12 jurors in favor, which would make Florida the only state to use that standard. Only three states out of the 27 that impose the death penalty do not require unanimity. Alabama allows […]
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Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection | #elections | #alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — 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 […]
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Alabama voters to decide on removing racist language from Constitution | Don’t Miss This | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY — In less than five weeks, voters will decide on renaming and updating Alabama’s Constitution, which proposes removing racist and outdated provisions. The state’s Constitution has been amended nearly 1,000 times since its establishment in 1901 and lawmakers said the updated proposal seeks to reorganize the historic document. If the majority of voters vote […]
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Killer Joe Nathan James Jr Executed in Alabama Despite Pleas From His Victim Faith Hall’s Children | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
A convicted murderer was executed by lethal injection in Alabama Thursday night despite his victim’s family asking for his life to be spared. In August 1994, Joe Nathan James Jr. shot Faith Hall dead at her friend’s house. Faith’s daughter, Terryln Hall, was just six years old at the time. But in recent years, she […]
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