Death Row Inmate Makes Final Appeal

Alabama Death row inmate James Harvey Callahan has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his execution, scheduled for tomorrow evening.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG
Published: January 31, 2008

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Death row inmate James Harvey Callahan
has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his execution, scheduled
for tomorrow (Thursday) evening.
Callahan filed a motion for a stay of execution with the Supreme
Court this afternoon.
A federal appeals court in Atlanta earlier lifted a stay of
execution for Callahan.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments in a
Kentucky challenge to lethal injection, a case that has delayed
executions nationwide. Alabama uses lethal injection in its
executions.
Callahan was sentenced to die for the kidnapping, rape and
murder of Jacksonville State University student Rebecca Suzanne
Howell in February 1982. Authorities said the victim was abducted
from a coin laundry in Jacksonville and her body dumped in
Tallasseehatchee Creek.
On December 5th, the Supreme Court stopped the execution of
another Alabama death row inmate. The stay given to Tommy Arthur
also stemmed from the pending Kentucky case.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Death Row Inmate Makes Final Appeal

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