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 […]
On Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at 1pm, Doyle Hamm filed his response brief at the Eleventh Circuit opposing the state of Alabama’s emergency motion to vacate the stay. His emergency brief, which had to be heavily redacted because of the confidentiality agreement surrounding the execution protocol, is here:
On Wednesday, February 7, 2018, within 24 hours of Chief Judge Bowdre’s 25-page long memorandum opinion staying Doyle Hamm’s execution, the state of Alabama filed an emergency appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia. The case is now out of Judge Bowdre’s jurisdiction […]
On February 6, 2018, Chief Judge Karon O. Bowdre of the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama issued a 25-page opinion declaring that “based on the record as it currently exists, Mr. Hamm has shown a substantial likelihood of success on the merits, and the court finds that […]
On February 6, 2018, counsel for Doyle Hamm respectfully urged the Governor of Alabama, Kay Ivey, to grant mercy in Doyle’s case and stop his execution by lethal intravenous injection. “I urge you to consider exercising your clemency authority and to grant Doyle Hamm a commutation. Clemency is meant to […]
