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May 13, 2016

U.S. Supreme Court Halts Execution of Vernon Madison in Alabama
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In Alabama, the execution of death row prisoner Vernon Madison has been
halted after his attorneys argued dementia has left Madison unable to
understand his death sentence. He was convicted of killing a police
officer in 1985. In a 4-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the
execution Thursday night, only hours before Madison was scheduled to die
by lethal injection at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. Later
in the broadcast, we'll go to the Holman Correctional Facility to cover
another issue there: a 10-day work strike by prisoners protesting severe
overcrowding, poor living conditions and the use of unpaid prison labor.
We will go behind bars to speak with Kinetic Justice, a prisoner in
solitary confinement who helped lead the strikes.
Topics:Alabama