USA - Alabama. The United States Supreme Court remanded the case of Ryan Russell for further consideration

The United States Supreme Court has summarily granted certiorari in the case of Russell v. Alabama, No. 15-9918, vacated the 2015 judgment of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals upholding the death sentence against Ryan Russell, and remanded the case for further consideration in light of Hurst v. Florida. The decision marks the fourth time in 2016 that the Court has reversed the Alabama courts in a death penalty case and directed them to reconsider a decision in light of Hurst. On September 30 (see) the state Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state’s capital law.