Alabama is preparing to execute a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife
as the state faced a midnight deadline to get the execution underway. Smith's attorneys also raised the issue that judges are no longer allowed to sentence an inmate to death if a jury recommends a life sentence.in 2010."I'm sorry. I don't ever expect you to forgive me. I really am sorry," Parker said to the victim's sons before he was put to death.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Smith's request to review the constitutionality of his death sentence. In 2017, Alabama became the last state to abolish the practice of letting judges override a jury’s sentencing recommendation in death penalty cases, but the change was not retroactive and therefore did not affect death row prisoners like Smith.
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