MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday authorized the execution of a man convicted of killing a delivery driver who stopped at an ATM.
Justices granted the Alabama attorney general’s request to authorize an execution date for Keith Edmund Gavin, 64. Gov. Kay Ivey will set the day of the execution, which will be carried out by lethal injection.
Gavin was convicted of capital murder for the 1998 shooting death of William Clinton Clayton, Jr. in Cherokee County. Prosecutors said Clayton, a delivery driver, stopped at an ATM in downtown Centre for money to take his wife to dinner. A jury voted 10-2 in favor of the death penalty for Gavin. The trial court accepted the jury’s recommendation.
Gavin’s attorney had asked the court not to authorize the execution, arguing the state was moving Gavin to the “front of the line” ahead of other inmates who had exhausted their appeals.
Keith Gavin
Georgia governor signs income tax cuts as property tax measure heads to November ballot
Gujarat crashes to 89 all out against Delhi, loses IPL game by 6 wickets at home
How much of England's motorway network has no hard shoulder? This map reveals all...
Baby not on board! Mother with three
A neglected burial ground for migrants on Greek island of Lesbos has been given a drastic overhaul
NHL has no appetite to expand playoffs beyond its 16
Convicted scammer who victims say claimed to be a psychic, Irish heiress faces extradition to UK
Danny Cipriani holidays with 90210 star AnnaLynne McCord at spiritual retreat in Egypt
Climate change will cost about $38 trillion a year by 2049, a new study calculates