Alabama has agreed to forgo an autopsy of a Muslim inmate who is scheduled to be executed Thursday.
This image provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Keith Edmund Gavin. The Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 authorized an execution date for Gavin, who was convicted in the 1998 shooting death of William Clinton Clayton, Jr. in Cherokee County.MONTGOMERY, Ala.
Gavin filed a lawsuit last month asking a judge to block the state from performing an autopsy after his execution. His attorneys did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. His attorneys said they filed the lawsuit after being unable to have “meaningful discussions” with state officials about his request to avoid an autopsy. They added that the court filing is not an attempt to stay the execution and that “Gavin does not anticipate any further appeals or requests for stays of his execution.”
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