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More on Thomas Arthur’s stay

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

More on Tommy Arthur’s stay from the AP The Alabama Supreme Court postponed executing a man after an inmate claimed in an sworn statement to defense attorneys that he committed the murder that sent the condemned man to death row. Thomas Arthur received a third stay of execution in Alabama on Wednesday. The justices in a 5-4 vote late Wednesday stopped the execution by injection of Thomas Arthur “pending further orders of this Court.” Arthur, 66, was scheduled to die Thursday, more than 26 years after he was convicted of killing Troy Wicker Jr. of Muscle Shoals. It was the third time Arthur received a stay on the eve of his execution. “My reaction is, we finally look forward to the opportunity to examine fully Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on July 31, 2008 (boomark / email).