Grayson v. Hamm(DEATH PENALTY)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION CAREY DALE GRAYSON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2:24-cv-00376-RAH-KFP ) JOHN Q. HAMM, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Death penalty litigation is probably the most emotionally charged litigation that comes before the Court. And because Alabama is one of the few states that actively enforces the death penalty, that litigation is often filed in the Middle District of Alabama. Lately, this District has become ground zero for challenges to a new method of execution—Nitrogen…