Nathaniel Woods was killed this week by lethal injection despite repeated calls to the Alabama governor for clemency.
and says she'll pray for them."My heart goes out to them. Losing a family member is very hard. I pray God's mercy on them. I know the pain they're going to feel." She was sobbing as we got off the phone."5/5that Simmons was in tears during the conversation and that more broadly, the execution had had a significant impact on the community.
"It speaks to how problematic the death penalty is and how arbitrarily it is applied, when people realize that this man was slated for execution in the case before the actual shooter—that really doesn't compute," she toldIn a statement before the execution, Governor Ivey said,"After thorough and careful consideration of the facts surrounding the case, the initial jury's decision, the many legal challenges and reviews, I concluded that the state of Alabama should carry out...
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