Alabama pauses executions after third failed lethal injection attempt
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey called for a pause on executions and ordered a “top-down” review of the state's capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third botched lethal injection.Ivey's office issued a statement saying she had asked Attorney General Steve Marshall to drop motions seeking execution dates for two inmates and requested that the Department of Corrections conduct a full review of the state's execution process.Ivey also requested that Marshall not seek additional execution dates for any other death row inmates until the review is complete.The move followed Thursday's incomplete execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, it was…
