Casey A. McWhorter is set to die for the 1993 shooting death of Edward Lee Williams. He has been on Alabama Death Row since 1994, after a jury voted 10-2 for him to be executed.
An execution date for an Alabama man convicted of a shooting three decades ago is set for next month.
Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday set a 30-hour time frame for the execution to occur, meaning the 49-year-old can be put to death via lethal injection at any point during that period.The time frame comes after a new state rule The Alabama Attorney General’s Office asked the Alabama Supreme Court in August to set an execution date. The court granted that motion on October 13, and the governor’s office announced the timing on Wednesday.that McWhorter, who was 18 at the time of the slaying, formed a plan to kill Williams along with two other teens — one who was Williams’ son, Edward Lee Williams Jr. The teens planned to rob and shoot Williams at his home.
The Alabama Supreme Court also has a pending request by the Alabama Attorney General’s Office to execute
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