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| Electric chair won't come back to Alabama |
| By montgomeryadvertiser.com- Brian Lyman |
| Published: 06/04/2015 |
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The electric chair won't be used by the state anytime soon. But Alabama officials could have new powers to keep the acquisition of lethal injection drugs a secret. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Wednesday that – as passed by the House in March – would have authorized the use of the electric chair if lethal injection, the current method of execution used by the state, was declared unconstitutional or was otherwise unworkable. However, that portion of the bill was dropped from the version that cleared the committee Wednesday. What remained was language added to the House that would keep the identities of those involved in the manufacture or supply of lethal injection drugs, as well as those involved in executions, confidential. Read More. |
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