"Alabama death row inmate Tommy Arthur, spared execution 6 times since he was convicted in the 1982 contract killing of a man, is asking the governor to stay his Nov. 3 execution because he says he is an innocent man.
"Governor Bentley please immediately place a moratorium on all executions and contact United States Justice System and request they investigate Alabama's entire capital punishment procedure, arrests, trials, appeals," Arthur states in a handwritten letter to the governor last week.
The letter was first sent by Arthur to AL.com, which forwarded it -- along with a second earlier letter to a federal judge -- to Bentley's press secretary."
Read Alabama.com: Next to die, death row inmate Tommy Arthur begs Alabama governor: 'Halt all executions'
WRITE GOVERNOR BENTLEY TO EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF EXECUTING AN INNOCENT MAN. Read more
"Governor Bentley please immediately place a moratorium on all executions and contact United States Justice System and request they investigate Alabama's entire capital punishment procedure, arrests, trials, appeals," Arthur states in a handwritten letter to the governor last week.
The letter was first sent by Arthur to AL.com, which forwarded it -- along with a second earlier letter to a federal judge -- to Bentley's press secretary."
Read Alabama.com: Next to die, death row inmate Tommy Arthur begs Alabama governor: 'Halt all executions'
WRITE GOVERNOR BENTLEY TO EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF EXECUTING AN INNOCENT MAN. Read more
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