Doyle Hamm’s legal team filed its first status update to keep the Alabama Supreme Court abreast of Doyle’s worsening condition. Counsel had sent his law associate, third-year Columbia Law School student Nicola Cohen, CLS ‘18, to Donaldson Correctional Facility to meet with Mr. Hamm in August 2017. Ms. Cohen observed that […]
The Alabama Supreme Court has set a weekly reporting schedule to monitor the medical situation of Doyle Lee Hamm, who is suffering from cancer, through September 30, 2017. Two justices, Michael Bolin and William Sellers, dissented from the order, which suggests that they would have set an execution date. The […]
On August 15, 2017, the state of Alabama filed a reply with the Alabama Supreme Court arguing that the fact that Doyle has cranial and lymphatic cancer should have no bearing on his execution, and that the Court should not delay execution at all even to ensure that his cancer […]
“Because of Mr. Hamm’s prior medical conditions, his current lymphoma cancer, and the ongoing lymphadenopathy, it is reasonably certain that IV access for Mr. Hamm, both peripheral and central-line, may be impossible and, if achievable, will be extraordinarily difficult, challenging, arduous, painful, and bloody.” On August 8, 2017, Doyle Hamm […]
On Bastille Day, July 14, 2017, the Alabama Supreme Court granted Doyle Hamm’s motion for more time to respond to the state’s motion to set an execution date. Mr. Hamm has until August 8, 2017, to respond. A PDF of the document is available on the PLEADINGS page here.
On July 11, 2017, Doyle Hamm filed a motion seeking an enlargement of time to respond to the state of Alabama’s motion to set an execution date, arguing that he had not yet received the medical records that he requested in January 2017 and that are essential to properly evaluating […]
The state of Alabama filed a motion with the Alabama Supreme Court to set an execution date for Doyle Hamm on Friday morning, June 23, 2017. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall argues in the motion that “it is time for his sentence to be carried out.” A PDF of the […]