Alabama inmate Willie B. Smith III executed by lethal injection

TOMORROW MORNING. WE HAVE THAT FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES. N:IA HAPPENING NOW, CONVICTED KILLER WILLIE SMITH THE THIRD HAS BEEN EXECUTED.H THE THIRD BRITTA:NY THE ATTORYNE GENERAL PUTS HIS TIME OF DEATH AT 9:47 THIS EVENING. HOURS AGO, HIS STAY OF EXECUTION SWA DENIED, MEANINGHE T EXECUTION CAN GO AS PLANNED. SMITWAS H SUPPOSED TO DIE MONTHS BACK, BUT WAS RESCHEDULED AFTER ATTEMPTS TO ALLOHIW S SPIRITUAL ADVISOR IN THE DEATH CHAMBER. THERE WAS ALSO CONCERNS FROM SMITH’S ATTORNEYS ABOUT HIS INTELLECTUAL ABILITY

UPDATE 9:53 p.m.: According to Attorney General Steve Marshall, Willie B. Smith III was pronounced dead at 9:47 p.m.—UPDATE 8:45 p.m.: Almost three hours after his scheduled execution, the Supreme Court of the United States has denied a stay for Alabama death row inmate Willie B. Smith III. His execution by lethal injection is expected to occur shortly.Read the SCOTUS decision here.—An Alabama man is facing his second execution date this year for the killing of a woman taken at gunpoint from an ATM location and shot in a cemetery. Willie B. Smith III is set to receive a lethal injection Thursday evening for the 1991 slaying. The 52-year-old inmate was convicted of kidnapping and murdering 22-year-old Sharma Ruth Johnson in Birmingham.The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the state from executing Smith last Feb. 11 because he wasn't allowed his pastor at his side.Smith's attorneys have urged the courts to block lethal injection plans, saying Smith's intellectual disability prevented him from understanding paperwork in selecting an execution method.

ATMORE, Ala. —

UPDATE 9:53 p.m.: According to Attorney General Steve Marshall, Willie B. Smith III was pronounced dead at 9:47 p.m.

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UPDATE 8:45 p.m.: Almost three hours after his scheduled execution, the Supreme Court of the United States has denied a stay for Alabama death row inmate Willie B. Smith III. His execution by lethal injection is expected to occur shortly.

Read the SCOTUS decision here.

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An Alabama man is facing his second execution date this year for the killing of a woman taken at gunpoint from an ATM location and shot in a cemetery.

Willie B. Smith III is set to receive a lethal injection Thursday evening for the 1991 slaying. The 52-year-old inmate was convicted of kidnapping and murdering 22-year-old Sharma Ruth Johnson in Birmingham.

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the state from executing Smith last Feb. 11 because he wasn't allowed his pastor at his side.

Smith's attorneys have urged the courts to block lethal injection plans, saying Smith's intellectual disability prevented him from understanding paperwork in selecting an execution method.

Alabama inmate Willie B. Smith III executed by lethal injection

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