Alabama seeks to schedule two executions

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: March 26, 2026

Words: 397

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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Alabama state officials are seeking to schedule two executions this year, a few weeks after Gov. Kay Ivey commuted an inmate’s death sentence to life in prison.

The Alabama Attorney General’s Office filed a motion Monday with the Alabama Supreme Court to have Michael Shannon Taylor put to death, about a month after it sought to execute Jeffery Lee by nitrogen gas.

“Lee has exhausted his conventional appeals,” the AG’s Office said in its motion …

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