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    ​Alabama Death Row Inmates


    Upper row (from left to right): Jessie Phillips, Tony Barksdale, Nicholas Acklin, Bart Johnson,
    Jeffery Lee; lower row (from left to right): Randy Lewis, Roderick Byrd, Josh Russell,
    Anthony Boyd, Marcus Williams
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
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    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    Ala. lawmaker: executions on hold for 16 death row inmates

    An Alabama lawmaker says it will be next spring before the state can resume executing death row inmates.

    Republican state Sen. Cam Ward, a top lawmaker on prison issues, says that will be the earliest that lawmakers will be able to pass new legislation allowing Alabama to receive drugs used for executions. Ward tells The TimesDaily (http://bit.ly/1qN4IRM) that the state is “basically out of chemicals.”

    He said pharmaceutical companies are refusing to sell Alabama more drugs until they can get some type of protection or “immunity.” Republican Rep. Lynn Greer, who proposed legislation during the last session to keep the names of drug suppliers confidential, has said the companies fear lawsuits and backlash from death penalty opponents.

    There are 16 death row inmates who have exhausted appeals and await execution.

    http://fox10tv.com/2014/07/31/ala-la...h-row-inmates/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Helen69 View Post
    ​Alabama Death Row Inmates


    Upper row (from left to right): Jessie Phillips, Tony Barksdale, Nicholas Acklin, Bart Johnson,
    Jeffery Lee; lower row (from left to right): Randy Lewis, Roderick Byrd, Josh Russell,
    Anthony Boyd, Marcus Williams
    Was this their Christmas card photo? Not sure what they are smiling about.

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    Ala. lawmaker supports return to electric chair

    A state legislator wants Alabama to resume executions using the electric chair since drug shortages have brought lethal injections to halt.

    State Rep. Lynn Greer, R-Rogersville, told The Decatur Daily (http://bit.ly/1rWnuWE ) in a story published Friday he favors electrocutions because of continuing delays obtaining drugs used to perform lethal injections.

    With the state out of needed drugs, Greer said he would talk Monday with prison officials and the Alabama District Attorneys Association about the possibility of bringing back the electric chair as the state's main execution method.

    Alabama switched from electrocution to lethal injection as its primary execution method 12 years ago. Condemned inmates can still ask to die in the chair, but none has.

    "You'd have to be dumb to choose the electric chair," said Greer.

    Leaders have said the state probably won't be able to resume lethal injections before spring 2015 at the earliest. Greer said he would sponsor legislation to make the switch back to the electric chair.

    Gov. Robert Bentley has said he opposes switching back to electrocution, which would require new legislation and provide defense lawyers with new avenues for appeals.

    Alabama is among the death penalty states facing chronic shortages of execution drugs because European manufacturers banned their export for use in executions and U.S. makers are putting restrictions on their products for use in capital punishment.

    Earlier this year, Greer proposed legislation that would have made confidential the names of the lethal-injection drug suppliers. That measure failed, but legislative leaders say a bill offering limited protection to pharmaceutical companies could pass next year.

    Alabama's death row — located at three separate prisons partly because of the large number of inmates awaiting execution — now holds 195 inmates. Of those, 16 have exhausted their appeals.

    Greer said he would sponsor legislation to make the switch back to the electric chair.

    http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/...9969?p=2&tc=pg
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    Alabama changes execution drug combination, seeks to set execution dates for 9 death row inmates

    Alabama has adopted a new combination of drugs for executions and is once again seeking to put inmates to death.

    The attorney general's office is asking the Alabama Supreme Court to set execution dates for nine death row inmates. Lawyers said the Department of Corrections this week adopted a new three-drug protocol for executions.

    Executions in Alabama had come to a halt after Alabama and other states ran out of a key drug used in executions.

    Lawyers say the new combination of injections of midazolam hydrochloride, rocuronium bromide and potassium chloride is similar to what is used in Florida.

    Defense lawyers have challenged some of the new drug combinations used by states as cruel and unusual punishment. Gov. Robert Bentley says he is confident Alabama's new drug protocol is constitutional.

    http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/201...tion_drug.html
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    I am traveling to AL next week on Business. I hope they straighten this out by then
    "I am the warden! Get your warden off this gurney and shut up! You are not in America. This is the island of Barbados. People will see you doing this." Monty Delk's last words.

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    Drug Maker Mylan Takes $70 Million Hit in Battle Over Lethal Injection

    labama's plan to use a new drug to execute death-row prisoners is causing headaches for the pharmaceutical company that makes the chemical.

    An anti-death penalty organization convinced a German financial firm to pull a $70 million investment in Mylan, the manufacturer of rocuronium bromide, a paralytic that is part of the state's untested three-drug lethal injection.

    Jens Erhardt, managing director of asset manager DJE Kapital, told NBC News that his firm sold all its Mylan shares about a month ago because the drug giant would not guarantee its products won't wind up in executioners' syringes.

    "We don't want to support this," Erhardt said. "If clients find out we have shares in companies that supply that drug, we have problems with our clients."

    DJE was tipped off to the situation by Reprieve, a London-based activist group pushing Mylan to take steps to prevent rocuronium bromide from being used to kill inmates.

    Under pressure, other pharmaceutical companies have barred their distributors from selling medicine to correction departments — causing shortages that have left death-penalty states scrambling for new sources and new drug combinations.

    But Reprieve said Mylan, the Pennsylvania-based pharmaceutical company that is one of the biggest generic drug makers, has refused to go that far.

    "There are simple and effective steps pharmaceutical companies can take to protect their medicines from being sold for use in lethal injections, and over a dozen companies — the vast majority of affected companies — have taken exactly these steps," said Maya Foa, head of Reprieve's death penalty team.

    "To date, Mylan has not taken steps to protect its medicines from being sold for use in executions, and this is a matter of concern to responsible investors."

    A spokeswoman for Mylan declined to say whether Alabama had obtained its product for upcoming executions and refused to answer questions beyond a written statement:

    “Mylan is committed to setting new standards in healthcare and providing access to affordable medicines for the world’s 7 billion people. We are dedicated to upholding the highest standards of quality and integrity in everything we do. We only distribute our products through legally compliant channels, intended for prescription by healthcare providers consistent with approved labeling or applicable standard(s) of care.”

    Alabama adopted a new three-drug combination last month after it ran out of pentobarbital — its previous lethal-injection agent — because the manufacturers have banned it from executions.

    The new protocol includes the sedative midazolam hydrochloride, rocuronium bromide to arrest breathing, and potassium chloride to stop the heart. No other state has used the exact combination, though Florida's protocol is very similar.

    The campaign to dry up supplies of rocuronium bromide, which was first reported by the Financial Times, comes as states struggle to obtain drugs for lethal injections and cope with the fallout from a trio of botched or troubled executions.

    The common drug in those three cases was midazolam, which some experts say is not a strong enough anesthetic to stop an inmate from experiencing a harrowing death. Reprieve and other execution opponents charge that rocuronium bromide and other paralytics mask a prisoner's pain and distress.

    Alabama has asked a court to set execution dates for nine inmates, but correction officials have not said whether they have an adequate supply of drugs for those or where they obtained the chemicals. The state attorney general declined to comment.

    http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/let...lethal-n230051
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    Keep it up Abolitionists. Eventually, Alabama is going to shoot a side glance over to its perfectly functional electric chair.
    I am vehemently against Murder. That's why I support the Death Penalty.

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    We'll help counter this 'abolition' movement by voting out some liberal scum in about 2 weeks time. Call your congressional rep and tell them about this LI problem and the death penalty. The more of us they hear from, the more likely it is they will do something about it.

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    Incidentally I got in touch with my state congressman (David Santiago, FL) because I got ripped off by big time (beside the point) but I did make sure to drop in my complaint about how untimely the Timely Justice Act was (the clemency process acts as a throttle) and suggested they take up Tennessee's law since our Electric Chair is fully functional and ready for use at a moment's notice. But back to Alabama, they need to do much the same. This Drug Shortage has no end in sight and shielding names/identities is a dead end.
    I am vehemently against Murder. That's why I support the Death Penalty.

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