Alabama can execute Joe Nathan James Jr., judge rules

A federal decide dominated that the execution of an Alabama inmate can proceed as scheduled later this month, rejecting the condemned man’s request for a postponement.

Joe Nathan James Jr. is about to be given a deadly injection on July 28 after being convicted of killing his one-time girlfriend, Religion Corridor, in Birmingham, virtually three many years in the past.

James is representing himself in a number of lawsuits difficult the execution plan. He misplaced on two of these claims this week.

U.S. District Choose Terry F. Moorer on Thursday dismissed one of many lawsuits, saying that James “is just incorrect” about an argument that his loss of life warrant was not correctly issued.

Moorer on Monday rejected James’ request for a preliminary injunction to cease the deliberate execution from being carried out.

James had argued that his constitutional rights of equal safety are being violated as a result of Alabama just isn’t setting execution dates for inmates who chosen nitrogen hypoxia as their most popular execution methodology. Inmates had a quick window to pick out nitrogen, and James didn’t. The state has not developed a system for finishing up executions by nitrogen hypoxia,

Moorer stated an appellate court docket has rejected that argument in one other case by discovering that “inmates who elected nitrogen hypoxia should not equally located to inmates who didn’t so-elect.”

Earlier than an execution there’s is usually a flurry of authorized filings usually filed by volunteer or non-profit legal professionals. James is representing himself within the present litigation with hand-written lawsuits and motions mailed from the south Alabama jail the place he’s housed.