JACK E. ALDERMAN (No. 2)

That this House notes the case of Jack E. Alderman, whose execution date has been set by the State of Georgia for Friday 19th October at 1900 hours; expresses concern that he has been on death row for 32 years; recognises that in 1993 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council found that to keep a man facing execution over an extended period of time constituted an inhuman act; further notes that a number of states have halted executions pending the Supreme Court's consideration of whether lethal injections contradict the Eighth Amendment; urges the Governor of Georgia to intervene in Mr Alderman's case and suspend his execution pending the ruling of the Supreme Court; and applauds the work of the website Exonerate Jack in raising awareness of this case.