Yearly Archives: 2017
December 14, 2017 | Doyle Hamm Files §1983 Civil Rights Complaint in Birmingham, Alabama
Yesterday, December 13, 2017, counsel for Doyle Hamm filed a §1983 civil rights complaint with the federal court in Birmingham, Alabama, challenging his execution by lethal injection. The complaint makes clear that the attempt to get venous access for purposes of lethal injection is likely going to lead to a […]
December 13, 2017 | Alabama Supreme Court Summarily Sets Execution Date for February 22, 2018
Without even addressing any of Doyle Hamm’s situation with cancer or affording any kind of protection against a botched execution, without even a word to explain what it has decided and why it has decided to set an execution date, the Alabama Supreme Court has set an execution date for […]
October 11, 2017 | Doyle Hamm Pleads Again for a Proper Protocol for Venous Access to Avoid Unnecessary Pain and Suffering
“This is not the case of a malingering respondent,” counsel for Doyle Hamm urged on the Alabama Supreme Court. “The medical evidence is clear that Mr. Hamm has been struggling against a serious lymphatic cancer, has received and continues to receive very serious medical treatment, and has very compromised veins. […]
October 10, 2017 | Attorney General Pushes for Execution Date Again and Accuses Doyle Hamm of Delay
“Hamm’s argument is nothing but a bald request for an undetermined delay of his execution,” the Attorney General claimed on October 10, 2017, in a further pleading urging the Alabama Supreme Court to simply set an execution date and ignore the medical evidence regarding Doyle Hamm’s cancer. Replete with inaccurate […]
October 4, 2017 | Alabama Supreme Court Asks Attorney General to Respond
On October 4, 2017, the Alabama Supreme Court requested that the Alabama Attorney General respond to Doyle Hamm’s latest pleading urging the Court not to set an execution date. The Court’s order is in the Pleadings folder here.
October 2, 2017 | Counsel Urges Alabama Supreme Court Not to Set an Execution Date
“Based on Dr. Heath’s medical findings and conclusions, and given Mr. Hamm’s cranial and lymphatic cancer, there is a substantial likelihood that the Alabama Department of Corrections will not be able to accomplish a successful execution in compliance with the Eighth Amendment,” counsel argued to the Alabama Supreme Court. In […]
October 2, 2017 | Counsel Submits Medical Report to Alabama Supreme Court
“I have not seen the exact protocol for venous access for lethal injection from the state of Alabama, but based on what I know from the David Nelson case, it is my opinion that the state is not equipped to achieve venous access in Mr. Hamm’s case,” Dr. Mark Heath […]
September 22, 2017 | Counsel Updates the Alabama Supreme Court on Mr. Hamm’s Severe Cancer
In Mr. Hamm’s fourth status update filed with the Alabama Supreme Court on September 22, 2017, counsel has detailed Mr. Hamm’s severe cancer, fully reporting on the medical records and diagnoses. The cancer is extremely advanced and well described in the pleading that you can find on the PLEADINGS page.
September 15, 2017 | Doyle Hamm Files Third Status Update
On September 15, 2017, Doyle Hamm again updated the Alabama Supreme Court on his worsening medical condition and the danger that a lethal injection would cause unconscionable pain. Specifically, counsel explained to the Court that there may be a serious problem of access to his veins. The medical records contain, for […]