U.S. Supreme Court blocks Alabama execution: The U.S. Supreme Court stopped the execution of Gary Leon Brown on Thursday about eight hours before he was to be executed in Alabama's electric chair for killing a man. [...]
Alabama had four executions scheduled last year and all four were blocked by the courts for various reasons.

Hmm. You'd think that Alabama might take that as A Clue that they're doing something wrong with executions. Apparently, you'd be wrong.