Alabama seeks pause in executions after third failed lethal injection
by Associated Press in Birmingham from US news | The Guardian on (#663G8)
Governor orders top-to-bottom' review of capital punishment system and asks to withdraw execution dates for two inmates
Alabama's governor, Kay Ivey, sought a pause in executions and ordered a top-to-bottom" review of the state's capital punishment system on Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection.
Ivey's office issued a statement saying she had both asked the attorney general, Steve Marshall, to withdraw motions seeking execution dates for two inmates and requested that the department of corrections undertake a full review of the state's execution process.
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