![]() But the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted him a stay of execution just hours before his death warrant was set to expire at midnight. for his role in the 1988 killing of Elizabeth Sennett. Smith had been scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. “due to the time constraints resulting from the lateness of the court’s proceedings,” the corrections department said in a statement, adding the protocols required to carry out the execution “could not be performed before the expiration of the death warrant.” Smith’s execution was called off at about 11:20 p.m. ![]() The case – in which the trial jury’s 11-1 vote for a life sentence was overruled by a judge-imposed punishment of death – also comes as jury recommendations are in the national spotlight after a Florida jury failed to unanimously recommend the Parkland school shooter be put to death, resulting in his life sentence. The thwarted procedure highlights critics’ questions about Alabama’s ability to adhere to its own death penalty protocol. 'You don't know me, but you tried to kill me.' Parkland victims and loved ones get last word before shooter sentenced to life in prison 14, 2022, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is escorted into the courtroom for a hearing regarding possible jury misconduct during deliberations in the penalty phase of his trial, Friday, Oct. ![]()
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