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| Alabama Death Row inmate waiting to see if court will block next week's execution |
| By al.com- Kent Faulk |
| Published: 01/15/2016 |
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With a week to go until his execution, Christopher Brooks is now awaiting a decision by the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to step in to halt Alabama from carrying out his death sentence. It would be the first execution in Alabama since July 2013 and the first using a new cocktail of lethal injection drugs – a combination Brooks and other death row inmates say could cause cruel and unusual punishment. Attorneys for the Alabama Attorney General's Office, however, argue that Brooks was late in filing his challenges to the state's new lethal injection protocols as well as his motion to stay the execution. "In this case, appellees (the state) would be harmed by the granting of the stay, as would the people of the State of Alabama, who are entitled to have their criminal laws enforced," according to a brief the the AG's Office filed with the 11th Circuit on Wednesday. Read More. |
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