an unexpected occasion of mercy is cause for joy and reflection. people sometimes like to detail, in response, the gruesome crimes of people the state seeks to execute, but it doesn't matter what anyone did: state sanctioned execution is barbaric, no less so than any crime it seeks to punish.
the Mountain Goats
BREAKING: SCOTUS denies Alabama's request to let it proceed with the nitrogen gas execution of Jeffery Lee that was scheduled for tonight. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch note their dissent.
Jeffery Lee will not be killed tonight.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/alabama-ni...
Chris Geidner
NEW: Alabama has gone to SCOTUS seeking an order that would allow it to kill Jeffery Lee with nitrogen gas today. The docket will be 25A1381.
Chris Geidner
BREAKING: On a 2-1 vote, the Eleventh Circuit denies Alabama's request to stay the district court order declaring Alabama's nitrogen gas execution protocol unconstitutional. (A stay would allow Thursday's scheduled execution of Jeffery Lee to proceed.)
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/alabama-ni...
