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~ Nate Woods, 05Mar20, (AL) ~
By: BuzzC Date: February 20, 2020, 8:07 pm
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Death Sentence Upheld for Alabama Cop-Killer--
A court rejected the appeal of death row inmate Nathaniel Woods,
who was convicted in the 2004 fatal shootings of Birmingham
Officers Carlos Owen, Harley Chisholm and Charles Bennett.
May 1st, 2016
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The death sentence of a man convicted of killing three
Birmingham police officers more than a decade ago was upheld by
the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday.
The judges rejected the appeal of death row inmate Nathaniel
Woods, who claimed his lawyer wasn't effective during his trial
in the fatal shootings of officers Carlos Owen, Harley Chisholm
and Charles Bennett, according to The Associated Press.
The three police officers were serving a warrant at a one-story
row house near 18th Street and Avenue P, in the Ensley area of
the city around 1:30 p.m. on June 17, 2004 when the incident
occurred.
Owen and Chisholm entered the apartment through the back door to
arrest the man on a misdemeanor assault charge when he broke
away from them and ran toward the front of the house where
Bennett was about to come through the front door.
One of the suspects then opened fire with an automatic SKS
rifle, killing all three officers and wounding a fourth officer.
Theo Woods, the gunman, and several other suspects were taken
into custody near the scene by a SWAT team a short time later.
On January 19, 2005, Woods was convicted of three counts of
murder and one count of attempted murder and later that year was
given three death sentences.
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Re: ~ Nate Woods, 05Mar20, (AL) ~
By: BuzzC Date: March 5, 2020, 10:41 am
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Incarceration Details
Inmate: WOODS, NATHANIEL
AIS: 0000Z721
Institution: HOLMAN DEATH ROW
Race: B
Sex: M
Hair Color: BLACK
Eye Color: BROWN
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 132
Birth Year: 1976
Custody CLOSE
Aliases:
WOODS, NATHANIAL
Scars, Marks and Tattoos:
No known scars, marks, or tattoos
Incarceration Details:
SUF Admit Date Total Term Time Served Jail Credit Good Time
Received Good Time Revoked Min Release Date Parole Consideration
Date Parole Status
12/09/2005 0Y 0M 0D 15Y 9M 6D 559 0Y 0M 0D 0Y 0M 0D NO
HEARING
Sentences:
CC2004-004133 12/09/2005 MURDER 0Y 0M 0D Consecutive
JEFFERSON
CC2004-004134 12/09/2005 MURDER 0Y 0M 0D Consecutive
JEFFERSON
CC2004-004135 12/09/2005 MURDER 0Y 0M 0D Consecutive
JEFFERSON
CC2004-004384 12/09/2005 MURDER 0Y 0M 0D Consecutive
JEFFERSON
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Re: ~ Nate Woods, 05Mar20, (AL) ~
By: BuzzC Date: March 6, 2020, 8:02 pm
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Alabama executes man convicted in killing of 3 officers--
Friday, March 6, 2020
ATMORE, Ala. – A man convicted as an accomplice in the 2004
killings of three police officers in Alabama who were shot by
another man was executed Thursday evening.
Inmate Nathaniel Woods, 43, was pronounced dead at 9:01 p.m. CST
Thursday following a lethal injection at the state prison in
Atmore, authorities said. The inmate had no last words before
the chemicals began flowing, but appeared to arrange his hands
in a sign of his Islamic faith.
Alabama's first execution of the year came after a last minute
bid to stop it, that included support from the son of civil
rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and others who argued it
was unfair to execute a man who didn't pull the trigger in the
slaying.
The state of Alabama said that Woods was an active participant
with the slayings and had bragged about it afterward in
statements, song lyrics and art.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary stay to consider
last-minute appeals and then denied the inmate's petitions.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey denied a request for clemency.
Woods and Kerry Spencer were convicted of capital murder and
sentenced to death in the slayings of the three Birmingham
officers. The officers' deaths in a hail of gunfire rocked
Alabama's largest city in 2004. Carlos Owen, Harley A. Chisolm
III and Charles R. Bennett died while trying to serve a
misdemeanor domestic assault warrant on Woods at a suspected
drug house.
Prosecutors said Spencer was the triggerman in the slaying,
opening fire on the officers with a high-powered rifle inside
the apartment, though Woods was convicted as an accomplice.
Family members of the slain officers gave statements to the
media after the execution, describing lives shattered by the
shootings.
“Nathaniel Woods chose his fate on June 17, 2004. That horrific
day could have been prevented if he had any kind of compassion
or respect for law enforcement," Starr Sidelinker said in
reading a statement on behalf of Chisholm's sister.
Greg Owen, the son of officer Owen, said in a written statement
that his father was a 58-year-old grandfather who only wanted to
protect people in the city where he grew up.
“Instead of going home that day, he was ambushed, murdered and
died on the floor of a filthy drug house," Greg Owen wrote.
Testimony showed the officers approached a small house where
Woods and Spencer were believed to deal drugs; at least two
other people were also inside. After talking to Woods through a
back door, Owen and Chisholm entered. State lawyers wrote in
court filings that Woods said he was surrendering to officers
and soon after Spencer opened fire with a high-powered rifle. At
his 2005 trial, a prosecutor told jurors that Woods was the
“bait” and lured officers deeper in the apartment.
Owen, 58, and Chisholm, 40, were found dead in the kitchen just
inside a rear door, and Bennett, 33, was fatally shot near the
front door. A fourth officer was wounded but survived.
Woods had no last words after the warden read his death warrant.
At one point during the procedure, the inmate jerked his left
arm upward against the restraints of the gurney. His breathing
became labored and then slowed until it was no longer apparent.
No execution date has been set for Spencer, who was convicted
before Woods and is on death row.
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