In an emergency motion filed on 2 October 2017, the State of Alabama has asked the US Supreme Court to lift a stay of execution granted to Jeffrey Borden by the federal Court of Appeals. If successful, the execution would be reset for the evening of 5 October. While the stay relates to a challenge to the state’s lethal injection protocol, Jeffrey Borden is said by his lawyers to have a severe mental disability and to be “actively psychotic”.
