02-23-2018, 12:33 PM
Also yesterday in death row news:
-- Texas Governor Greg Abbott commuted Thomas Whitaker's (inset left) death sentence. He was sentenced to death for the murder of family members. His father appealed to the governor saying he forgave his son and would be in more pain if his son was executed. Gov Abbott commuted his sentence to life in prison without parole.
--The Supreme Court granted a brief stay for Doyle Lee Hamm (inset right) in Alabama, causing his execution to be postponed after the stay was lifted too close to the midnight deadline. Hamm was sentenced to death for the 1987 murder of Cullman motel clerk Patrick Cunningham during a robbery in which $410 was stolen. Cunningham was shot in the head.
Hamm's attorney argued that lymphoma and past drug use have damaged his veins too much for a lethal injection. Alabama prison officials say they plan to inject him through his leg veins.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...orida.html
-- Texas Governor Greg Abbott commuted Thomas Whitaker's (inset left) death sentence. He was sentenced to death for the murder of family members. His father appealed to the governor saying he forgave his son and would be in more pain if his son was executed. Gov Abbott commuted his sentence to life in prison without parole.
--The Supreme Court granted a brief stay for Doyle Lee Hamm (inset right) in Alabama, causing his execution to be postponed after the stay was lifted too close to the midnight deadline. Hamm was sentenced to death for the 1987 murder of Cullman motel clerk Patrick Cunningham during a robbery in which $410 was stolen. Cunningham was shot in the head.
Hamm's attorney argued that lymphoma and past drug use have damaged his veins too much for a lethal injection. Alabama prison officials say they plan to inject him through his leg veins.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...orida.html