Tag: Robert Dunham
Alabama wants executions by nitrogen hypoxia: What is it?
Alabama told a federal judge that it could soon be ready to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to...
Execution of Joe Nathan James Jr. was botched, advocacy group alleges
Alabama corrections officials apparently botched an inmate’s execution last month, an anti-death penalty group alleges, citing the length of time that passed...
Alabama only state to limit media to 1 witness at execution
Alabama will be the third state to carry out an execution during the COVID-19 pandemic and will be the only prison system...
Religion and the death penalty collide at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the death penalty: Inmates must be...
Alabama releases copy of execution procedures
Alabama on Wednesday made its execution protocol public after being ordered to do so by a federal judge.
The Alabama Department of Corrections...
Supreme Court: Execution of Muslim inmate can proceed
he U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected claims from a Muslim inmate who said his religious rights were being violated, clearing the way for...
Appeals court blocks Alabama execution of Muslim inmate
A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the planned execution of an Alabama inmate to consider whether the state was violating the Muslim inmate’s...
Lethal injection or gas? Alabama’s death row gets to choose
Some say inhaling nitrogen gas would be like dying on a plane that depressurizes in flight, swiftly killing all aboard. Now more than a...
