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November 18, 2022

Alabama Execution Called Off over Botched Attempt at Lethal Injection
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Alabama prison officials called off the execution of Kenneth Eugene
Smith Thursday after they struggled to establish an IV line for his
lethal injection. Alabama canceled another execution in September for
the same reason.

This comes after an execution team in Arizona struggled Wednesday with
the killing of a prisoner for the third time this year.
Seventy-six-year-old Murray Hooper had always maintained his innocence
after being convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1983 without
any DNA evidence, but was repeatedly denied DNA testing. After failing
to insert an IV into Hooper's arms, his executioners used a vein near
his groin. Hooper reportedly turned to witnesses and said, "Can you
believe this?"


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