UPDATE: There has been a lot of news coverage of Doyle Hamm’s botched execution, including here in the New York Times, at NBC, even in the UK Daily Mail. Meanwhile, the federal district court in Birmingham has scheduled our next hearing for Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Here is the order: Dr. […]
Just walked out of Holman Prison with Dr. Mark Heath after a two-plus hours physical examination of Doyle Hamm. Very quickly, Thursday night’s execution was worse than anticipated. While he was strapped down arms and legs to the gurney, the IV personnel simultaneously worked on both legs at the same […]
I spoke with Doyle Hamm by telephone on Friday morning, February 23, 2018, and met with Doyle in person on Friday afternoon. Doyle is in good spirits, but in a lot of pain. He is limping badly and is extremely soar, but as always stoic and trying not to complain. […]
In a pleading filed with the US District Court, new details of the execution were revealed: “Thursday evening, February 22, 2018, beginning at around 9:00PM CST, following the United States Supreme Court denial of his application for a stay at approximately 8:40PM CST, the state of Alabama attempted to execute […]
At 2pm EST, Doyle Hamm filed a petition for writ of certiorari and an accompanying application for a stay, or in the alternative, a supervisory writ with the United States Supreme Court in Washington DC. His case is now in their hands. Doyle is praying for relief, and for justice. […]
In a highly dismissive pleading filed late afternoon February 21, 2018, the state of Alabama basically told the Eleventh Circuit that they could go fly a kite: “Yeah, sure, buddy, we can do this!” It was a surprising slap in the face of the Eleventh Circuit. So, for instance, the […]
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 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, […]
