issue the death penalty by overriding jury recommendations for life without parole to be unconstitutional. In 2020, the Alabama Court of the Judiciary charged Todd with an ethics complaint lodged by the Judicial Inquiry Commission, which accused the Birmingham judge of using her position to oppose and override the state death penalty. Todd was suspended without pay for 90 days and then permitted to return to her duties as a judge. On September 23, 2022, Alabama planned to execute Alan Miller but canceled the execution after failing to find a suitable vein. Miller killed a number of his workmates in the 1990s and was sentenced to die. On November 17, 2022, Alabama failed to execute Kenneth Smith because the state corrections staff were unable to find a suitable vein. Smith was sentenced for the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennet. Following several botched executions, the governor of Alabama, Kay Ivey, announced that executions would be put on hold. See also List of people executed in Alabama List of death row inmates in Alabama Crime in Alabama Law of Alabama References Alabama Alabama law