Supreme Court Grants Stay of Execution

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution for Alabama death row inmate Thomas Arthur.

By: Katie Hammond | WKRG-TV
Published: December 05, 2007

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The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a stay of
execution for Alabama death row inmate Thomas Arthur.
The 65-year-old Arthur was facing lethal injection Thursday at
Holman prison, but the high court blocked his execution Wednesday
afternoon.
The court already is considering a challenge to lethal injection
in a Kentucky case. A ruling in that case is expected next year and
a stay for Arthur was anticipated by attorneys on both sides.
Arthur was sentenced to death for the 1982 killing of Troy
Wicker of Muscle Shoals.