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Updated: 7:59 PM Sep 9, 2010
Alabama Death Row Inmate Asks Supreme Court to Stop Execution
Alabama death row inmate Holly Wood has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his execution, contending he is mentally impaired and had insufficient counsel when a jury recommended that he receive the death penalty.
Posted: 4:37 PM Sep 9, 2010Reporter: Associated Press |
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama death row inmate Holly Wood has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his execution, contending he is mentally impaired and had insufficient counsel when a jury recommended that he receive the death penalty.
Wood is to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday at Holman Prison in Atmore for the 1993 shotgun slaying of his former girlfriend, 34-year-old Ruby Gosha, at her home in Troy.
The Alabama Supreme Court had refused on Wednesday to stay the 50-year-old Wood's execution.
State prosecutors have claimed that Wood demonstrated mental acuity when he planned and killed Gosha in a deliberate fashion.
Wood has also asked Gov. Bob Riley to grant clemency, which would stop the execution. Riley has not yet responded to the request.
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