Thomas Arthur Execution Set For Next Month

The Alabama Supreme Court has set an execution date of July 31 for Thomas Arthur. He came within a day of execution last December before receiving a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG
Published: June 30, 2008

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court has set an
execution date of July 31 for Thomas Arthur.

He was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to die for the
1982 killing of Troy Wicker of Muscle Shoals.

He came within a day of execution last December before receiving
a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court. Arthur was challenging
Alabama's method of lethal injection at the time. The high court
later upheld lethal injection in a Kentucky case.

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