Florida executes inmate; Texas, Alabama executions halted
ABC News
If executions set for Alabama, Texas and Florida were carried out as scheduled, it would have marked the first time in more than eight years that three convicted killers were put to death in the U.S. on the same day.
But Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday accepted the recommendation of the state's parole board and granted clemency for Thomas "Bart" Whitaker. And late Thursday, the execution of Doyle Lee Hamm, 61, was postponed in Alabama after medical staff had difficulty connecting an intravenous line, prompting officials to determine that there was not enough time to prepare the inmate before a death warrant expired at midnight
Hamm was scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday, but the U.S. Supreme Court delayed the execution while it considered Hamm's request to block it. The court ruled about 9 p.m. that officials could proceed with the execution. But Alabama Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn said staff did not think they could get the intravenous line connected before the death warrant expired at midnight Thursday. Dunn said it was a "time issue."
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The one inmate was spared for now, because his veins were so damaged, they would have had problems with an injection. Of course, he being on death solitary row, would seem to rule out drug use. So, I'm not sure how that would happen. I guess, just a health issue.
