Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection

Alabama Pauses Executions After a 3rd Failed Lethal Injection

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...

Alabama governor orders review after latest failed lethal injection

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) has ordered a “top-to-bottom review of execution protocol” in the state and asked for a temporary pause in executions following a third failed lethal injection attempt within the last four years.  Ivey’s order follows the aborted execution Thursday of Kenneth Eugene Smith after state officials couldn’t find a suitable vein…

After 3rd failed lethal injection, governor asks for pause on executions in Alabama - National

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has asked the Department of Corrections to undertake a "top-to-bottom" review of the state's capital punishment system after numerous botched executions.

Death row executions put on hold in Alabama due to lethal injection failures

Alabama has paused death row executions after the state saw its third lethal injection failure since 2018. Governor Kay Ivey has requested a review of the capital punishment system in response to the uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith. “For the sake of the victims and their families, we’ve got to get this right,” she said. Officials spent an hour trying to set intravenous lines for the legal drugs before halting the execution, for the…

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey calls for pause in executions after failures

Alabama is one of 27 states that still use the death penalty as a form of punishment. After three failed lethal injections, Gov. Kay Ivey called for a stay of executions “for the sake of the victims and their families.”

Alabama Pauses Death Penalty Executions After 3rd Botched Attempt

Gov. Kay Ivey asked for no new executions until an investigation can be completed.