The Latest: Alabama halts plans to execute an Alabama inmate saying there would not be time to carry out the lethal injection even if a court stay was lifted.
Alabama halted plans to execute an Alabama inmate saying there would not be time to carry out the lethal injection even if a court stay was lifted.
Inmate Christopher Lee Price was scheduled to receive a lethal injection for the 1991 stabbing death of pastor Bill Lynn. To carry out the execution Thursday night, the state would have to get the stay lifted before midnight.An appellate court has upheld an order blocking the planned execution of an Alabama inmate convicted of a pastor’s fatal stabbing.
If it were to still carry out the execution Thursday night, the state would have to get the stay lifted before midnight.Alabama is asking an appellate court to let it proceed with the lethal injection of an inmate convicted in the 1991 stabbing death of a pastor. To carry out the execution Thursday night, the state would have to get the stay lifted before midnight.An Alabama inmate got married at a state prison as his final request before his scheduled execution.
DuBose said that although the state “certainly has an interest in carrying out the execution as expeditiously as possible, a short sixty-day stay will not substantially harm this interest.”2:50 p.m. The last-minute legal filings came hours before Christopher Price is scheduled to receive a lethal injection for the 1991 stabbing death of a pastor.
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