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Dueling affidavits on eve of Arthur execution

Dueling affidavits on eve of Arthur execution http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-37/121743836557530.xml&storylist=alabamanews 7/30/2008, 12:13 p.m. CDT By GARRY MITCHELL The Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) ? On the eve of Thomas Arthur's scheduled execution, attorneys were in court with dueling affidavits ? one from a convicted murderer who claims he's guilty of the killing that sent Arthur to death row, and another disputing that claim. The legal crossfire came as the 66-year-old Arthur faces lethal injection at 6 p.m. (CDT) Thursday at Holman Prison. Convicted of the Feb. 1, 1982, killing of Troy Wicker Jr. of Muscle Shoals, Arthur has twice come within a day of execution before winning court delays...continue to full post

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