Alabama Supreme Court Won’t Stop Wednesday’s Execution

Alabama Atmore Willie McNair will be executed for the 1990 murder of 68-year-old Ella Foy Riley.

by The Associated Press/WKRG Staff

Published: Wed, May 13, 2009 - 9:32 am CST Last Updated: Wed, May 13, 2009 - 9:35 am CST

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court won't block
Thursday's scheduled lethal injection for 44-year-old Willie
McNair.
The court denied a stay of execution in an order Wednesday
morning.
McNair was convicted for the 1990 robbery and murder of 68-year-old Ella Foy Riley. The jury recommended life in prison without parole, but the judge sentenced him to death.
The prosecution contends the sentencing judge was correct in
overruling the jury's penalty because of the "unnecessarily
torturous" murder of the Abbeville woman, who was attacked in her
home and stabbed in the neck.
McNair faces execution at 6 p.m. Thursday at Holman Prison.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Snake Hunter Says:

Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:25 pm

It’s about time!!!!!!!!!!!

This piece of garbage has been sitting on his butt for the last 18yrs,at the expense of the Taxpayers of Alabama.The criminal justice system is all wrong.These damn Killers have more rights than we do.I say give the convicted Killers 5yrs and no more for appeals.All the MILLIONS of dollars that are wasted on these SCUMBAGS.

melissak28 Says:

Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:08 pm

Another one bites the dust!!! They should do this more often then people might think twice about their actions. It would help out us tax payers that are paying for these monsters.