NEW: Nathaniel Woods was executed late Thursday in Alabama after the U.S. Supreme Court denied him reprieve. His case garnered national attention, including from Martin Luther King III, who was among those who fought to block the execution.
This undated photo from the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Nathaniel Woods. Woods was executed late Thursday in Alabama.This undated photo from the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Nathaniel Woods. Woods was executed late Thursday in Alabama.Nathaniel Woods, who was convicted in the 2004 killings of three Birmingham, Ala., police officers, was put to death by a lethal cocktail of drugs late Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court denied him reprieve.
The three officers, Harley A. Chisholm III, Carlos"Curly" Owen and Charles R. Bennett, were killed in a hail of bullets as they sought to arrest Woods and another man, Kerry Spencer, at a suspected drug house in Birmingham. Immediately after Woods' death, Gov. Kay Ivey released a statement saying no argument was made during his trial that he had"tried to stop the gunman from committing these heinous acts."
The case garnered national attention and advocates for Woods, including Martin Luther King III, the son of the late civil rights leader, fought to block the execution, arguing that Spencer was solely responsible for the slayings.
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