Alabama is set to execute Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, on Thursday evening by lethal injection. Gavin was convicted in the March 1998 murder of William Clayton Jr.
Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was convicted on two counts of capital murder in the March 1998 fatal shooting of William Clayton Jr., a delivery driver who was sitting outside a bank in his van. Clayton had stopped at an ATM for cash to take his wife to dinner.
Gavin's execution date was set by Gov. Kay Ivey at the end of April. Gavin filed a motion on July 12 to stay the execution, which was denied on Tuesday. His execution is set to take place at 7 p.m. ET at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.
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