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       ~ Willie Smith, 21Oct21, (AL) ~ 
       By: BuzzC Date: February 9, 2021, 4:42 pm
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       Alabama moving ahead with first execution in COVID-19 pandemic--
       Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
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       Alabama on Thursday plans to carry out its first execution
       during the COVID-19 pandemic.
       Willie Smith, 52, is slated to die by lethal injection at the
       Holman prison execution chamber. Smith was convicted in 1991 of
       the kidnapping and shooting death of Sharma Ruth Johnson, and
       sentenced by a 10-2 jury to death. Alabama is one of only two
       states to allow non-unanimous jury recommendations of death.
       Over twenty-nine years ago, Smith gunned down a woman whose only
       crime was stopping to use the ATM," Alabama Assistant Attorney
       General Lauren Simpson said in a court filing opposing the stay.
       "His conviction is valid, and a competent state court with
       jurisdiction over his case properly set his execution according
       to Alabama law. On Feb. 11, 2021, the state should be permitted
       to carry out his sentence."
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       Re: ~ Willie Smith, 21Oct21, (AL) ~ 
       By: BuzzC Date: October 23, 2021, 2:25 am
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       Willie B. Smith III Put to Death for 1991 Killing of Woman--
       October 22nd, 2021
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       An Alabama man who avoided execution in February has been put to
       death for the 1991 killing of a woman abducted during a robbery
       and then shot in a cemetery.
       52-year-old Willie B. Smith III received a lethal injection
       Thursday night at Holman Prison in Atmore.
       He was convicted of murdering 22-year-old Sharma Ruth Johnson.
       Prosecutors said Smith abducted Johnson from an ATM location,
       stole $80 from her and shot her at a cemetery where he took her.
       The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a February execution attempt,
       affirming Smith couldn’t be put to death without his pastor
       present.
       It refused to intervene Thursday after Smith’s lawyers argued he
       had an intellectual disability...
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