U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halts execution of Alabama inmate Nathaniel Woods
Nathaniel Woods, 44, who was convicted for his role in the fatal shootings of three Birmingham police officers in 2004, was set to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. in Holman Prison — the first execution in the state this year. It was unclear how long the high court's stay of execution would last.
Woods' family and prominent activists have been rallying on his behalf, collecting signatures in hopes of swaying Gov. Kay Ivey. 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.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."
The case drew attention from celebrities and activists, including Kim Kardashian West and Martin Luther King III, asking Ivey to intervene.
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