No. 24-5993

Carey Grayson v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: conscious-suffocation cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment execution-method nitrogen-hypoxia superadded-terror
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment bar a method of execution that includes conscious suffocation?

2. Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit a method of execution that involves superadded terror?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit a method of execution involving conscious suffocation or superadded terror?

Docket Entries

2024-11-21
Reply of petitioner Carey Dale Grayson filed.
2024-11-21
Application (24A498) referred to the Court.
2024-11-21
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-21
Application (24A498) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2024-11-20
Brief of respondent John Hamm, Commissioner, et al. in opposition filed.
2024-11-19
2024-11-19
Application (24A498) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Carey Dale Grayson
John Anthony PalombiFederal Defenders, Petitioner
John Hamm, Commissioner, et al.
Beth Jackson HughesOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent