The US Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for Alabama inmate Nathaniel Woods, hours after temporarily halting the execution
[Previous story, published at 8:45 p.m. ET] The US Supreme Court issued a temporary stay in the execution of Alabama inmate Nathaniel Woods, just minutes before he was scheduled to be put to death Thursday night.Woods, 42, was convicted of killing three police officers in 2004, but there are questions about his culpability, and his co-defendant, Kerry Spencer, says Woods is innocent.
Prosecutor: Woods is not innocentOn June 17, 2004, Birmingham police officers Charles Bennett, Harley Chisholm III, Carlos Owen and Michael Collins went to the apartment to arrest Woods, Marshall said in a letter to Ivey this week. A source had told officers that Woods and Spencer were armed and dealing crack to at least 100 customers a day, the prosecutor said. Woods had threatened Owen, who had arrested him as a teenager, that morning, he said.
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