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Amnesty International asks Alabama to stop upcoming execution by nitrogen hypoxia

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Amnesty International reiterated its calls to stop the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama by nitrogen hypoxia. While Amnesty International is opposed to the death penalty in all cases, there are specifics about Kenneth Smith’s circumstances that make it even more disturbing that Alabama is willing to carry out this execution.

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Alabama enacts law banning vaccine passports

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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill on Monday that blocks state institutions and businesses from requiring people to show proof of vaccination in order to receive goods or services. This bill seeks to prevent the implementation of similar plans in Alabama. However, this amendment was not adopted.

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US federal judge allows Alabama to execute prisoner by nitrogen gas

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A federal judge in Alabama ruled on Wednesday that the state can proceed to use nitrogen gas in the execution of Kenneth Smith. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall then filed a motion to administer death by means of nitrogen hypoxia. In the Middle District of Alabama, however, Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr.

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Advocacy groups file lawsuit to block Alabama law criminalizing absentee voting assistance

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The suit’s plaintiffs include several civil rights organizations, the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Alabama-based advocacy groups. The post Advocacy groups file lawsuit to block Alabama law criminalizing absentee voting assistance appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Federal court chooses new Alabama congressional districts map after gerrymandering challenge

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A three-judge panel in Alabama chose a new congressional district map on Thursday in response to a lawsuit arguing that the Alabama legislature’s congressional map was racially gerrymandered. The plaintiffs claimed the Alabama legislature drew the state’s congressional maps in a way that racially gerrymandered.

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Alabama executes Kenneth Smith by nitrogen gas after US Supreme Court rejects final appeal

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Alabama inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia after the US Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision , declined to intervene in the state’s second attempt to execute an inmate who had previously survived a botched lethal injection.

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Judge panel tosses out Alabama congressional map again

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A US District Court Northern District of Alabama three judge panel Tuesday tossed out the Alabama legislature’s proposed congressional map, holding that the current map is still racially gerrymandered and likely violates Section Two of the Voting Rights Act. The case, Allen v.