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Alabama executes Robert Bryant Melson
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Tonight Alabama death row inmate Robert Bryant Melson was executed by lethal injection for the 1994 slayings of 3 fast food restaurant workers in Gadsden. It was the 2nd execution for Alabama in 2 weeks.
The execution of Melson -- convicted of numerous counts of capital murder, attempted murder, and robbery in the shooting at Popeye's -- was delayed by federal and state appeal courts on his requests for a stay.
The execution was set for 6 p.m. at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, but did not begin until 9:55 p.m.
Commissioner Jeff Dunn made a statement at the media center following the execution. He read a statement from Tamika Collins' family, part of which said, "[Melson] feels that he should not suffer a little pain... what does he think those three people felt?... I see no feeling for anyone but himself."
A cousin of Tamika Collins also wrote a statement. It said, "The day has finally arrived... it does not change the acts he so violently carried out." The cousin, whose name was not given, also said of Collins' late father, "This was a day he waited for."
Collins mother and two sisters witnessed the execution.
No family members of Melson were present.
Dunn said he was not aware of any other executions planned, but the Department of Corrections has supplies of the lethal drugs if necessary.
Melson was officially pronounced dead at 10:27 p.m. When asked if he had any last words, Melson shook his head "no." His hands were shaking before the execution began at approximately 9:59 p.m.
For approximately 7 minutes, Melson appeared to have slightly labored breathing. His breathing then slowed, and he did not respond to a consciousness check by a corrections officer before the 2nd 2 drugs in the 3-drug execution method-- which stop the heart and breathing-- were administered.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall released the following statement Thursday night after Melson's execution: "Robert Melson's decades-long avoidance of justice is over. For 23 years, the families of the three young people whose lives he took, as well as a survivor, have waited for closure and healing. That process can finally begin tonight."
Melson becomes the 2nd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Alabama and the 60th overall since the state resumed capital punishment in 1983.
Melson becomes the 13th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1455th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.
Sources: al.com, Rick Halperin, June 8, 2017
Temporary stay granted for death row inmate Robert Melson
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily halted the death of an Alabama inmate as it reviews his request to block his execution over questions regarding a sedative’s effectiveness.
Justices issued the temporary stay Thursday evening about 15 minutes before 46-year-old Robert Bryant Melson was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection.
Melson was convicted of killing three people during a 1994 robbery of a fast food restaurant.
Melson’s attorneys argued that Alabama plans to use an ineffective sedative that will not render Melson unconscious before other drugs stop his lungs and heart. They cited the December execution in which an Alabama man coughed and heaved for 13 minutes.
His attorneys argued the execution showed “the horrific results of using midazolam in a way it was never intended as an anesthetic.”
The Alabama attorney general’s office had asked for the execution to proceed arguing the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld midazolam’s use and allowed other executions to proceed using it. Alabama has executed three inmates using midazolam.
Source: Associated Press, June 8, 2017
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