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AL: Arthur execution halted, case not over
Fri Mar 30, 2012 14:36
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Good news!

Folks will hopefully have read the recent article we sent out from the New Abolitionist about this case and Arthur's fight for new DNA testing that could prove his innocence: http://nodeathpenalty.org/new_abolitionist/april-2012-issue-56/thomas-arthur-will-alabama-execute-innocent-man

He was scheduled to die today, but received a stay earlier in the week (based not on the DNA question but instead on a challenge to Alabama's lethal injection protocol) and today the 11th Circuit Court denied the state's request to lift the stay.

Hopefully this will also give Arthur more time to win the right to the crucial DNA testing he is requesting - we will be thinking of ways we can continue to push for justice in this case!


http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/alabama/arthurs-execution-halted-case-not-over


Arthur execution halted, case not over

Updated: Thursday, 29 Mar 2012, 2:19 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 29 Mar 2012, 2:19 PM CDT



MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A Thursday execution was halted for a man set to die for the 1982 murder-for-hire of a Muscle Shoals businessman, but his legal battle is far from over.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied Alabama's request to reconsider the stay of execution for Thomas Douglas Arthur, who has maintained his innocence for more than 29 years on death row.

The stay was granted after a three-judge panel overturned a judge's ruling to stop Arthur's appeal, which contends Alabama's lethal injection procedure is cruel and unusual.

The court has yet to rule on a motion to have the full 11th Circuit re-examine the decision to allow the appeal.

If the court declines, Arthur will be allowed to appeal his death sentence.

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