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‘They don’t want you to see the slave labor’: a new film goes inside Alabama’s prisons

New documentary The Alabama Solution exposes rampant state violence and inhumane conditions inside prisons

The Guardian - US

Alabama’s new execution method could be dangerous for everyone in the room

Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to become the first death row inmate to be executed with nitrogen. His pastor says the untested procedure is a cruel violation of religious liberties, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Alabama guard accused of encouraging prisoners to murder organizer of strikes

Lawsuit filed against Alabama department of corrections alleges Jeremy Pelzer pushed inmates to kill Robert Earl Council

The Guardian - US

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Alabama Isn't Ready To Kill Inmates By Nitrogen Hypoxia. It Wants To Try Anyway.

James Barber is set to be killed next month, the first execution after a string of botched lethal injection executions in the state.

Reason

Alabama Schedules First Execution After Monthslong Moratorium and 'Sham' Investigation

After an array of botched and unsuccessful executions, the state's Department of Corrections says its ready to start executing inmates again.

Reason

Alabama Set To Resume Executions. But Will They Stop Botching Them?

"No one buys this sham of a review," wrote one critic. "And the reason we don't buy it is because we all have functioning brains."

Reason

Alabama takes steps toward using nitrogen as new execution method

But critics decry death penalty ‘experimentation’ that state is developing after a series of botched lethal injections

The Guardian - US

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Alabama: We want crueler executions

State court gives Gov. Kay Ivey full control over death warrants, which may be both illegal and unconstitutional

Salon

Alabama prisoners strike over ‘horrendous’ conditions

Prisoners refuse to work for no pay in prison jobs in food service, laundry and maintenance

The Guardian - US

Death row killer Alan Miller enjoys 'final meal' meat banquet despite botched execution

The US Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for Alan Eugene Miller to be executed by lethal injection in Alabama after he had been given a huge last meal, but it was stopped

Daily Mirror

Joe Nathan James Jr: Critics call for investigation into ‘abhorrent’ three-hour Alabama execution

Lethal injection one of longest in US history

The Independent UK

Death row prisoner suffers 'hours of pain' in 'longest execution of all time'

The execution of Nathan James Jr was scheduled to take place at 6pm on July 28 but reportedly didn't go ahead until 9pm, with the 49-year-old pronounced dead at 9.27pm.

Daily Record

Death row inmate Joe Nathan James suffered 'hours of pain in longest ever execution'

Joe Nathan James Jr, 49, was due to be executed at 6pm, in Alabama, but then it was delayed until 9pm and he wasn't declared dead until shortly before 9.30pm leading to claims he suffered

Daily Mirror

Murderer's hands and wrists 'burst by needles' during lethal injection execution

The execution by lethal injection of murderer Joe Nathan James was completed after his hands and wrists were "burst by needles" as an independent autopsy showed a number of puncture wounds

Daily Mirror

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