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An Alabama inmate seeking to block the state's plans to make him the second person to be put to death with nitrogen gas has filed a lawsuit arguing the state “botched” the first execution using the new method.
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The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized an execution date for a man convicted in the 2004 slaying of a couple during a robbery. Justices on Wednesday granted the Alabama attorney general’s request to authorize an execution date for 50-year-old Jamie Mill. Gov. Kay Ivey will set the exact date.
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Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas. The move comes a month after the state carried out the first execution using the controversial new method.
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An Alabama inmate set to be the first person put to death by nitrogen gas will ask a federal appeals Friday to block the upcoming execution. Kenneth Smith is scheduled to be executed by the never-used method Thursday at a south Alabama prison. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Friday afternoon in Smith’s bid to stop the execution from going forward.
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On Monday, January 22, a delegation of Alabama faith leaders and community members will gather at the state capitol building to urge Governor Kay Ivey to pause the first-ever nitrogen hypoxia execution. Kenneth Smith is set to be executed by this new and experimental method on January 25.
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Auburn University is giving new hires an opportunity to network with upper-level administrators
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man facing execution next week for his role in the 1997 slayings of four people has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a…