Spencer admitted to shooting the officers, but said it was in self-defense because the officers were assaulting Woods, an assertion that the judge did not permit at trial.
Three officers - Carlos Owen, Harley Chisholm III and Charles Bennett - were killed, while a fourth officer at the scene was shot but survived. Officers were sent to the home to serve a misdemeanor warrant, but prosecutors said Woods, who was 27 at the time, set up an ambush that allowed Spencer to shoot at them multiple times. “It makes a mockery of justice and constitutional guarantees to a fair trial.”ĭuring Woods’ 2005 trial, prosecutors said he and his roommate, Spencer, were involved in the sale of crack cocaine from their Birmingham home. Supreme Court and the Governor of the State of Alabama are reprehensible, and have potentially contributed to an irreversible injustice,” King, the son of Martin Luther King Jr., said in a statement after the execution. “In the case of Nathaniel Woods, the actions of the U.S.
The case drew attention from celebrities and activists, including Kim Kardashian West and Martin Luther King III, asking Ivey to intercede. “This is not a decision that I take lightly, but I firmly believe in the rule of law and that justice must be served,” she said. But in a statement Thursday evening after the Supreme Court temporarily halted the execution, Ivey said she would not step in.
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