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Tommy Arthur, Septermber 27, AL

Do Not Execute Tommy Arthur!

Do Not Execute Tommy Arthur!

Tommy Arthur, AL

September 27, 2007

On September 27, 2007, the state of Alabama is set to execute Tommy Arthur for the February 1, 1982 murder of Troy Wicker.


The state of Alabama should not execute Arthur for his role in this crime.  Executing Arthur would violate the right to life as declared in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and constitute the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. There was no physical evidence that conclusively linked Arthur to the scene of the crime. He was convicted solely on witness testimony. Furthermore, two witnesses testified they saw Arthur 75 miles away from the scene at the time of the crime. The victim’s wife was originally charged with the crime and she named two other people as the original committers of the offense. Judy Wicker testified under oath twice that Tommy Arthur had nothing at all to do with the murder of her husband or her rape. Alabama is the only state that does not provide post-conviction lawyers for convicts on death row. Several jury members have made statements that if they had seen all of the evidence, they would not have found him guilty.
 

Please write to Gov. Bob Riley on behalf of Tommy Arthur!

 


September 02, 2010

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