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| AG visits Anniston, says lethal injection debate slows justice for victims |
| By annistonstar.com- Brian Anderson |
| Published: 04/09/2014 |
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Alabama’s attorney general said Monday the state has no other legal options to execute death-row inmates while litigation involving drugs used in executions is tied up in federal courts. Attorney General Luther Strange was in Anniston on Monday as the keynote speaker for the local chapter of Victims of Crime and Leniency’s National Crime Victims’ Rights Week candlelight vigil at Zinn Park. Strange also stopped at the Calhoun/Cleburne County Children’s Center Monday afternoon to speak with director Joe Nabors and tour the facility. Strange spoke to a reporter about the state’s status on the death penalty, and said that Alabama has put a hold on executions. A shortage of drugs used in executions has crippled several states from performing them, as many drug companies from overseas have stopped manufacturing the drugs. Death-row inmates have challenged the legality of the use of new drugs under the Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel or unusual punishment. Read More. |
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