Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was convicted in the murder of William Clayton Jr.
Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was convicted on two counts of capital murder in the March 1998 fatal shooting of William Clayton Jr., a delivery driver who was sitting outside a bank in his van. Clayton had stopped at an ATM for cash to take his wife to dinner.
Gavin had previously been convicted of murder -- serving 17 years of a 34-year sentence before being released on parole -- and attempted murder for shooting at a law enforcement officer, according toIn a 10-2 vote, a jury recommended that Gavin be sentenced to death for his capital murder convictions, and a trial court accepted the jury's recommendation.
Gavin's execution date was set by Gov. Kay Ivey at the end of April. Gavin filed a motion on July 12 to stay the execution, which was denied on Tuesday. His execution is set to take place at 7 p.m. ET at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.In a lawsuit filed earlier this year, Gavin asked state officials not to conduct an autopsy on his body after the execution due to his religious beliefs, which the Alabama Department of Corrections agreed to..
States and jurisdictions can use a one-, two- or three-drug combination. The three-drug combination involves an anesthetic or sedative then a drug to paralyze the prisoner and a drug to stop the heart, the DPIC said.. Officials have struggled to find veins, intravenous lines have clogged with the deadly chemicals and prisoners have had violent reactions to the dispensed drugs. Additionally, there have been shortages of the drugs used for lethal injection.
Alabama's second execution this year took place in May, when Jamie Ray Mills was put to death by lethal injection. Alan Eugene Miller, another inmate, is set to be executed by nitrogen gas in September.
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