On February 21, 2018, a most distinguished group of Alabama jurists wrote to Governor Kay Ivey to call for mercy in Doyle Hamm’s case. The group included former judges of Alabama’s Supreme Court and appellate court, and former Presidents of the Alabama State Bar Association. The group included former Alabama Supreme Court Justice […]
In another extraordinary moment in this unprecedented litigation over the special protocol needed for Doyle Hamm because of his lymphatic cancer and venous condition, it is the Eleventh Circuit this time that is interjecting itself right into the state’s method of execution. The Eleventh Circuit orders the state of Alabama […]
In a memorandum opinion with the independent medical examination report, the district court denied a stay and allowed the case to move forward. The opinion is attached here
Link: https://www.icomdp.org/2018/02/open-letter-to-governor-of-alabama-ms-kay-ivey/ Governor Bill Richardson and the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP), an independent body of international political figures, issued a letter addressed to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey expressing “serious concern” with Alabama’s planned execution of Doyle Lee Hamm, scheduled for February 22, 2018. The strongly worded letter, […]
US execution of seriously ill Doyle Hamm torture Saturday, 17 February 2018, 11:27 am Press Release: United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Planned US execution of seriously ill Doyle Hamm may amount to torture, UN experts warn GENEVA (16 February 2018) – Two UN human rights experts* have called on the […]
At a closed hearing at the federal courthouse in Montgomery, Alabama, on Friday, February 16, 2018, Chief Judge Bowdre of the Northern District of Alabama made tentative rulings, indicating that she was planning to allow the execution of Doyle Hamm to go forward so long as the state of Alabama […]
Chief Judge Bowdre just called an emergency hearing, to be conducted in camera, to take the testimony of Commissioner Jefferson Dunn of the Alabama Department of Corrections and Warden Cynthia Stewart of Holman Prison on the Alabama execution protocol. The hearing will take place in Courtroom 2A of the Frank M. […]
Happy birthday Doyle! Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day, and that means it is Doyle’s birthday! That’s right, Doyle was born on February 14th. Happy birthday, Doyle, we all send you our best wishes, our dear thoughts, and our prayers for a great 61st year!
On February 14, 2018, counsel for Doyle Hamm pleaded with the Governor of Alabama, Kay Ivey, to grant mercy and a limited reprieve to allow the federal courts a little time to properly assess his medical condition. “Doyle Hamm’s case in the federal courts is moving at lightening speed,” counsel […]
Only a few hours after receiving Doyle Hamm’s 50-page response brief, the Eleventh Circuit filed a 12-page opinion lifting the stay of execution and ordering that Doyle Hamm immediately receive an independent medical examination. The Eleventh Circuit ordered “the district court to immediately appoint an independent medical examiner and schedule an […]
