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Thomas Arthur, slated for execution next week, asks court to give his attorneys access to evidence for DNA testing

Thomas Arthur, slated for execution next week, asks court to give his attorneys access to evidence for DNA testing Wednesday, July 23, 2008 http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/121680109623450.xml&coll=2 STAN DIEL News staff writer Thomas Arthur, scheduled to be executed next week for the 1982 murder of Muscle Shoals' Troy Wicker Jr., has asked the state Supreme Court to grant his attorneys access to evidence in the case for DNA testing. Attorneys for Arthur offered to pay for the testing and asked the court to delay the execution if tests can't be completed before the July 31 execution date. "Without the benefit of DNA testing here, the state of Alabama assumes the intolerable risk of executing an innocent man," said Arthur's appeal, which was filed Monday...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on July 24, 2008 (boomark / email).