Alabama Resumes Executions Despite Previous Botched Lethal Injections

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And the state of Alabama executed a man early this morning. The Alabama Department of Corrections confirms James Barber died just before 2 a.m. This is Alabama's first lethal injection since 2022. Last November, the governor ordered a pause because the state had three failed execution attempts. Now February, the governor removed that pause during his appeal. Barber argued that using lethal injection to kill him would violate his eighth amendment rights, citing there was substantial risk of severe harm. The Supreme Court denied Barber's request to stay his execution.