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'JUDICIAL MURDER'

07/23/2008 http://www.spiegel.de:80/international/world/0,1518,567593,00.html 'JUDICIAL MURDER' Despite Doubts, Alabama Man Faces Execution By Marc Pitzke in New York Thomas Arthur has been on death row since 1982. His execution is set for July 31 -- although strong doubts remain about his guilt. The governor of Alabama is refusing to allow DNA tests that may prove his innocence. Twice already, Sherrie Stone has said farewell to her father for what she thought was the last time. Twice she told him "my goodbyes," as she puts it, in a prison in Atmore, Alabama. Twice she watched him shuffle off to his cell on death row, where he has been waiting to die for 26 years. Twice his execution has been postponed, only hours beforehand...continue to full post

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