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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of an inmate this summer as the state attempts to resume lethal injection s following a series of troubled executions.
It’s the first execution set since the state set new rules allowing the governor to choose the actual execution "time frame."
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Friday that the state is ready to resume executions and “obtain justice” for victims' families after lethal injections were paused for three months for an internal review of the state's death penalty procedures.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall "immediately" moved to kill a death-row prisoner after Governor Kay Ivey announced the return of capital punishment.
In a Friday letter to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Gov. Kay Ivey wrote that it is “time to resume our duty in carrying out lawful death sentences.”