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
Woman dies after riding on car's hood and falling off, police say
Human rights group urges countries to join diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Hurricanes Poua won't be allowed to repeat haka criticising government
Nine injured in incident involving 'corrosive substance' in London, police say
Rap artist GloRilla has been charged with drunken driving in Georgia
Peru protests block access to Machu Picchu, stranding tourists
Rampaging elephant herd razes 500km path of destruction
The $1m PR and lobbying campaign to overturn livestock export ban
Proposal would assure schools that cooperate fully in NCAA investigations avoid postseason ban
Chinese miners trapped underground for more than a week send out note to raise survival hopes
Carlos Carrasco pitches solid into the 6th inning, Guardians edge Red Sox 5
Morphine shortage across New Zealand impacting patients in palliative care, new stock months away