Emergency application · Capital case
Execution while appeals are pending
Gregory Hunt v. Alabama
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on June 10, 2025 and refused to halt the execution.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
Hunt, an Alabama prisoner under a death sentence, asks the Supreme Court to pause his execution while state courts consider his post-conviction petitions. Hunt says his 1990 murder conviction relied on prosecutors’ claim that a stick found near the victim contained her cervical mucus. His application says a forensic witness could not identify the source of the secretions, and a recent Supreme Court decision made his petitions viable.
What the Court did
The Court refused the emergency help and denied Hunt’s request for a stay (a temporary pause of his execution). The order gives no explanation, and the Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
The ruling refuses only a temporary pause; it does not decide Hunt’s underlying claims. His post-conviction petitions remain for the Walker County Circuit Court, and the docket lists no related Supreme Court case or argument date.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A1192. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.