Florida executes inmate; Texas, Alabama executions halted
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 [...]
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