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RIH Tommy Arthur

#1 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Fri May 26, 2017 7:05 am

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index ... r_home_pop

Tommy Arthur, the "Houdini of Death Row," was executed in Alabama last night. This is for a 1982 killing-for hire (after he had already been in and out of prison for murder previously), three sets of trials for the same crime (all of which convicted him; the first two were vacated on technicalities), and seven or eight stays of execution over the years.

There was a temporary stay at the US Supreme Court, but that was overturned by the full court, allowing Alabama to start the execution at 11:50 pm CT.
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