Alabama’s governor has scheduled a November execution date for an inmate convicted of shooting and killing a man during a robbery in 1993.
This image provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Casey McWhorter, who was sentenced for the 1993 shooting death of Edward Lee Williams during a robbery. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a Nov. 16, 2023, execution date for McWhorter.MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s governor has scheduled a November execution date for an inmate convicted of shooting and killing a man during a 1993 robbery.
Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday set Nov. 16 as the date for Casey A. McWhorter to die by injection. The 48-year-old inmate was convicted of capital murder for his role in the robbery and shooting death of Edward Lee Williams in Marshall County. Prosecutors said McWhorter, who was 18 at the time, plotted with two younger teens including William’s 15-year-old son to steal money and other items from Williams' home and also kill him. Prosecutors said McWhorter and a 16-year-old co-defendant went to Williams' home with rifles and fashioned homemade silencers from a pillow and milk jug stuffed with napkins.
The jury that convicted McWhorter recommended the death sentence by a vote of 10-2, according to court records. The U.S. Supreme Court declined in 2021 to review the case. McWhorter's attorneys argued that a juror in the case failed to disclose in jury selection that she believed her father had been murdered. They also argued that McWhorter's trial attorney failed to prevent mitigating evidence about McWhorter's background.
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