11th Circuit Court of Appeals won't block Thursday execution of Alabama inmate
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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Dec 08 2016 8:19 AM
A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected Alabama death row inmate Ronald Bert Smith's request to block his scheduled execution Thursday.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals stated in its ruling that it also affirmed U.S. District Court Judge Keith Watkin's ruling that dismissed a lawsuit by Smith challenging Alabama's method of lethal injection. Watkins also had ended "negotiations" over whether Smith should be executed using a single dose of the drug midazolam, rather than the state's three-drug protocol.
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