Gavin, 64, who describes himself as a devout Muslim, does not plan any further appeals in his case before the July 18 execution at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2024, 5:59 p.m.Keith Edmund Gavin was sentenced to death for the March 1998 murder of William Clayton Jr. in Cherokee County.Alabama won’t conduct an autopsy on a death row inmate after his lethal-injection execution next week. The inmate had sued the state to block the post-execution autopsy because of his religious beliefs as a Muslim.
Butdue to his religious beliefs. The lawsuit was filed after his attorneys said they couldn’t reach a resolution with the state. Gavin was sentenced to death for the March 1998 murder of William Clayton Jr. in Cherokee County. He was on parole for murder from Illinois when he was arrested in the shooting death of Clayton, a courier service driver who had parked his van to use an ATM machine in downtown Centre. Clayton was finished with deliveries for the day and was stopping at Regions Bank to get money to take his wife to dinner.
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