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.