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U.S. Supreme court halts scheduled execution of Alabama man convicted of killing three police office
Source: Reuters
SUPREME COURT MARCH 5, 2020 / 7:10 PM / UPDATED 29 MINUTES AGO
U.S. Supreme court halts scheduled execution of Alabama man convicted of killing three police officers
Brendan O'Brien
2 MIN READ
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of an Alabama man on Thursday just 30 minutes before he was due to be put to death for his role in the 2004 killing of three police officers while they were attempting to arrest him for dealing drugs.
The court issued the stay in order to review the case against Nathaniel Woods, 43, who had been scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday evening at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama.
Woods and his friend Kerry Spencer were convicted for the 2004 murders of Birmingham police officers Carlos Owen, Harley Chisholm and Charles Bennett.
On the morning of July 17, 2004, Woods and his friend Kerry Spencer got into a “hostile, profanity-laced” argument with Owen and police officer Michael Collins and threatened them, court documents showed.
Later that day, the officers along with Chisholm and Bennett went to Woods’ apartment to serve him a warrant and arrest him for dealing drugs. In a brief chaotic encounter, the officers were met by a spray of gunfire. Owen, Chisholm and Bennett were killed and Collins was wounded, according to court documents.
Prosecutors said Spencer was the gunman, but accused Woods of being an accomplice to the murders. ...
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U.S. Supreme court halts scheduled execution of Alabama man convicted of killing three police officers
Brendan O'Brien
2 MIN READ
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of an Alabama man on Thursday just 30 minutes before he was due to be put to death for his role in the 2004 killing of three police officers while they were attempting to arrest him for dealing drugs.
The court issued the stay in order to review the case against Nathaniel Woods, 43, who had been scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday evening at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama.
Woods and his friend Kerry Spencer were convicted for the 2004 murders of Birmingham police officers Carlos Owen, Harley Chisholm and Charles Bennett.
On the morning of July 17, 2004, Woods and his friend Kerry Spencer got into a “hostile, profanity-laced” argument with Owen and police officer Michael Collins and threatened them, court documents showed.
Later that day, the officers along with Chisholm and Bennett went to Woods’ apartment to serve him a warrant and arrest him for dealing drugs. In a brief chaotic encounter, the officers were met by a spray of gunfire. Owen, Chisholm and Bennett were killed and Collins was wounded, according to court documents.
Prosecutors said Spencer was the gunman, but accused Woods of being an accomplice to the murders. ...
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alabama-execution/u-s-supreme-court-halts-scheduled-execution-of-alabama-man-convicted-of-killing-three-police-officers-idUSKBN20T00T
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Got to show your sadistic capital punishment bona fides after all. 
