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| Alabama death row inmate granted stay of execution by federal judge |
| By al.com- Ivana Hrynkiw |
| Published: 02/02/2018 |
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An Alabama Death Row inmate, set to die later this month, was granted a stay of execution. Assistant Alabama Attorney Generals yesterday argued in federal court that Doyle Lee Hamm, who has been on death row for more than 30 years, should be executed on Feb. 22-- the date the Alabama Supreme Court set in December. Hamm's attorney argued the 60-year-old inmate, who has cancer, is too sick to die by lethal injection. U.S. District Judge Karon O Bowdre denied the state's motion to dismiss the case, court records show. According to Hamm's attorney and law professor at Columbia, Bernard Harcourt, the court granted Hamm a stay of execution and will allow the case to go forward. Read More. |
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