Execution Alerts

Please contact Governor Kay Ivey and ask her to stay this execution

THE HONORABLE GOVERNOR KAY IVEY

STATE CAPITOL N 104
600 Dexter Ave
MONTGOMERY, AL 36130 2751 
PHONE 1-334-242-7100
FAX: 1-334-242-3282
Email: 
 http://governor.alabama.gov/contact/

Talking Points for Thomas Arthur

1. The court stayed an earlier execution date for Mr. Arthur in 2008 after another person, Bobby Ray Gilbert, confessed that he had committed the crime that sent Mr. Arthur to death row.

2. The Jefferson County Circuit Court then ordered DNA testing of physical evidence that could link Gilbert to the offense, but state officials testified that the DNA sample was destroyed in 1982 based on the advice of prosecutors.

3. Can Alabama afford to run the risk of executing an innocent man?

4. Witnesses at the botched executions of Ronald B. Smith Jr. and Eddie Powell noted visible signs of distress, yet nothing has changed in the execution protocol. Expert testimonies from the medical field, as well as from the pharmaceutical maker of the drug state unequivocally that midazolam is not effective as an execution drug.

5. Alabama has no clear and carefully documented execution protocols.

ROBERT MELSON          June 8th

Please contact Governor Kay Ivey and ask her to stay this execution

THE HONORABLE GOVERNOR KAY IVEY

STATE CAPITOL N 104
600 Dexter Ave
MONTGOMERY, AL 36130 2751 
PHONE 1-334-242-7100
FAX: 1-334-242-3282
Email: 
 or    http://governor.alabama.gov/contact/

Talking Points for Robert Melson

1. Witnesses at the botched executions of Ronald B. Smith Jr. and Eddie Powell noted visible signs of distress, yet nothing has changed in the execution protocol. Expert testimonies from the medical field, as well as from the pharmaceutical maker of the drug state unequivocally that midazolam is not effective as an execution drug.

2. Alabama has no clear and carefully documented execution protocols.

3. Melson’s former attorneys missed critical filing deadlines in his case more than 13 years ago. This was due to Alabama’s post-conviction proceedings which do not guarantee post conviction representation to indigent defendants.