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 […]
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!
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 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 […]
The federal district court in Birmingham, Alabama, has scheduled a hearing on Doyle Hamm’s §1983 challenge to his lethal injection to address the state of Alabama’s motion for summary judgment. The federal court will receive evidence on the risk of significant harm to Doyle Hamm and alternative methods of execution. […]
On January 26, 2018, counsel for Doyle Hamm submitted to the federal court the list of exhibits and exhibits that he intends to introduce at the evidentiary hearing on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, in the federal district court. Counsel included 44 exhibits, listed in the following pleading:
On January 24th, 2018, counsel for Doyle Hamm responded to the state of Alabama’s brief in support of summary judgment. Counsel emphasized that there are numerous issues of material fact that require the federal district court in Birmingham, Alabama, to hold a full trial on his §1983 complaint. The pleading […]
On January 16, 2018, counsel for Doyle Hamm files a major pleading in opposition to the state of Alabama’s motion for summary judgment, arguing that “Alabama’s repeated probing to try out whether it can find a vein when the time comes is about as torturous a run-up to death as […]
