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Thomas Arthur

Trust in the midst of Death Penalty adjudication

Dr. Harold J. Bursztajn, M.D. Harvard Medical School The “Houdini” of Alabama’s Death Row, Tommy Arthur, a convicted murder, 75 years of age, was just executed after escaping execution on the seven previous occasions that he was scheduled to die. Even now, questions linger about the about the fairness of the process. Death is never … Continued
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May 29, 2017

Death Row inmate Thomas Arthur executed after seven previous attempts

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — He escaped death seven times, but he didn’t escape the eighth. The Alabama Department of Corrections executed death row inmate, Thomas “Tommy” Arthur, late Thursday night after several hours of delays. Arthur was put to death by lethal injection at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, using a … Continued
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May 26, 2017

Bill to end judicial override in Alabama clears Senate

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — A bill that would end Alabama’s judicial override sentencing system, which allows judges to override juries and impose the death penalty, passed the State Senate Thursday with a near-unanimous vote. Sen. Dick Brewbaker (R-Montgomery), sponsored the bill, which would prohibit a judge from overriding a jury’s sentence. Under … Continued
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February 24, 2017

Alabama judicial override safe from Supreme Court review

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a challenge to Alabama’s system of judicial override for the death penalty from several death-row inmates in the State. In a list of orders on pending cases released Monday, the Court denied certiorari in the case of Thomas Arthur v. Alabama. … Continued
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January 24, 2017

Harvard Scholars Come to the Defense of Alabama Death Row Inmate

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Harvard College medical ethicists filed a brief this month with the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit outlining an argument in support of Thomas Arthur, a 74-year-old death row inmate facing execution at Holman Correctional Facility Nov. 3. As part of an appeal, the Court requested Arthur and … Continued
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October 19, 2016