Executions in Alabama Are Paused , After Third Botched Lethal Injection.<br />AL Governor Kay Ivey called for a “top-to-bottom” review of the state's system of capital punishment after a <br />third uncompleted execution occurred on Nov. 17.<br />Ivey deflected blame from prison and law enforcement officials, stating that “legal tactics and criminals <br />hijacking the system are at play here.”.<br />For the sake of the victims and their families, we’ve got to get this right, Kay Ivey, AL Governor, via NBC News.<br />The AL Corrections Commissioner stated that he is “confident that we can get this [review] done right.”.<br />Everything is on the table — from our legal strategy in dealing with last minute appeals, to how we train and prepare, , John Hamm, AL Corrections Commissioner, <br />via NBC News.<br />... to the order and timing of events on execution day, <br />to the personnel and <br />equipment involved, John Hamm, AL Corrections Commissioner, <br />via NBC News.<br />The capital punishment system in AL is the only system in the country that has had to halt an execution in progress since 2017. .<br />The director of the Death Penalty Information Center in AL says the state's Department of Corrections has a long history of "incompetence.".<br />The Alabama Department of Corrections has a history of denying and bending the truth about its execution failures, Robert Dunham, Death Penalty Information Center, <br />via NBC News.<br />AL defense attorneys say that the state's failures harm all those involved, including Correction officials and the families.<br />Gov. Ivey mentions only the victims, but these botched executions have been ordeals for the men on the gurney, their families, friends, ministers, <br />and attorneys, , Bernard Harcourt, AL Defense Attorney, <br />via NBC News.<br />... and all the men and <br />women working at the prison and involved in these <br />botched attempts. , Bernard Harcourt, AL Defense Attorney, <br />via NBC News.<br />The trauma of these executions extends widely to everyone that they touch, Bernard Harcourt, AL Defense Attorney, <br />via NBC News
