WHAT MATTERS MORE IN ALABAMA IN 2022? HALTING THE DEATH OF A MAN, OR PRISON’S SHOCK AT A SHORT SKIRT?
A journalist was made to change her outfit at the execution of a death-row inmate in Alabama after prison officials said her skirt was too short.
Ivana Hrynkiw Shatara, managing producer for website AL.com, says she was also told her open-toed shoes were too revealing by staff at the Alabama Department of Corrections.
Ms Hrynkiw Shatara was stopped at the media centre at William C Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. Her outfit violated the prison dress code.
She covering the execution of Joe Nathan James Jr, sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend, Faith Hall, 26, in 1994.
In a statement shared on Twitter, the journalist said she had worn the same skirt to previous executions and other professional events “without incident”, saying: “I believe it is more than appropriate.”
The execution was apparently delayed for three hours.
