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Fri Mar 23, 2012 17:09
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Court grants convicted killer's stay of execution
The Associated Press
Published: Friday, March 23, 2012 at 11:06 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 23, 2012 at 11:06 a.m.

A federal appeals court has granted a stay of execution for an Alabama man who was set to die next week in a 1982 murder-for-hire case.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday postponed the execution of Thomas Douglas Arthur until further action of the court.

Earlier in the week the court had reversed a judge's decision to dismiss Arthur's appeal, which contended that Alabama's decision to use a new sedative called pentobarbital as part of a three-drug execution combination could be cruel and unusual punishment.

Arthur's attorneys on Thursday had sought a stay while the state asks the entire 11th Circuit to reconsider the court's decision.

Arthur was set to be executed on March 29 for the 1982 murder-for-hire killing of Muscle Shoals businessman Troy Wicker.

http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20120323/APN/1203230780

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