BREAKING: Alabama inmate Nathaniel Woods executed; Woods' co-defendant, who has confessed to being the triggerman and denies Woods was complicit, implored for his execution to be stopped.
Alabama inmate Nathaniel Woods was executed Thursday night after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted its temporary stay to further review his case., who was convicted for his role in the fatal shootings of three Birmingham police officers in 2004, had been set to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. in Holman Prison — the first execution in the state this year.
Woods' family and prominent activists had rallied on his behalf, collecting signatures in hopes of swaying Gov. Kay Ivey to grant him clemency, which she denied. Renewed questions surrounding his trial, accusations that his case was mishandled and larger concerns over how Alabama's criminal laws treat black defendants have caused concern in recent days.
Nathaniel Woods sits in a courtroom during a preliminary hearing in Birmingham, Ala., on July 30, 2004.“After thorough and careful consideration of the facts surrounding the case, the initial jury’s decision, the many legal challenges and reviews, I concluded that the state of Alabama should carry out Mr. Woods’ lawfully imposed sentence this evening," Ivey said in a statement after Woods was executed.
Even Woods' co-defendant, Kerry Spencer, who has confessed to being the triggerman and denies Woods was complicit, implored for his execution to be stopped. "Nathaniel Woods is 100% innocent," Spencer, who remains on death row, wrote in an open letter."I know that to be a fact because I'm the person that shot and killed all three of the officers that Nathaniel was subsequently charged and convicted of murdering. Nathaniel Woods doesn't even deserve to be incarcerated, much less executed."
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