Current:Home > Contact-usAlabama high court authorizes execution date for man convicted in 2004 slaying-InfoLens
Alabama high court authorizes execution date for man convicted in 2004 slaying
View Date:2024-12-23 10:59:32
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday authorized an execution date for a man convicted in the 2004 slaying of a couple during a robbery.
Justices granted the Alabama attorney general’s request to authorize an execution date for Jamie Mills, 50. Gov. Kay Ivey will set the exact date. Ivey spokeswoman Gina Maiola said the office would provide updates as they become available.
Under Alabama procedure, the state Supreme Court authorizes the governor to set an execution date.
Mills was convicted of capital murder for the 2004 slaying of Floyd and Vera Hill in Guin, a city of about 2,000 people in Marion County.
Prosecutors said Mills and his wife went to the couple’s home where he beat the couple and stole money and medications.
Floyd Hill, 87, died from blunt-and sharp-force wounds to his head and neck, and Vera Mills, 72, died from complications of head trauma 12 weeks after the crime, the attorney general’s office wrote in a court filing.
Attorneys for Mills had asked justices to deny the execution date request while they pursue a pending claim of prosecutorial misconduct in the case.
Mills’ attorneys wrote in a March petition to a Marion County judge that prosecutors concealed that they had a plea deal with Mills’ wife that spared her from a possible death sentence. She was the key prosecution witness against Mills at his trial.
The attorney general’s office disputed that there was a pretrial agreement.
Alabama, which carried out the nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas earlier this year, says it plans to put Mills to death by lethal injection.
veryGood! (84428)
Related
- Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries
- Kelsey Grammer's BBC interview cut short after Donald Trump remarks, host claims
- Jets coach Robert Saleh denies report Zach Wilson is reluctant to return as starting QB
- International Ice Hockey Federation makes neck guards mandatory after Adam Johnson death
- USMNT Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal Leg 1 vs. Jamaica: Live stream and TV, rosters
- California man charged in killings of 3 homeless people in Los Angeles
- Taylor Swift attends Chiefs game with Brittany Mahomes – but they weren't the only famous faces there
- Venezuela’s government wins vote on claiming part of Guyana, but turnout seems lackluster
- Song Jae-lim, Moon Embracing the Sun Actor, Dead at 39
- Cosmonauts remotely guide Russian cargo ship to space station docking after guidance glitch
Ranking
- Cameron Brink set to make Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut
- A roadside bombing in the commercial center of Pakistan’s Peshawar city wounds at least 3 people
- Trump seeks urgent review of gag order ruling in New York civil fraud case
- A long-lost piece of country music history is found
- Georgia's humbling loss to Mississippi leads college football winners and losers for Week 11
- Texas prosecutor drops most charges against Austin police over tactics used during 2020 protests
- 'Bachelor in Paradise' finale: How to watch the final episode of season 9, release date
- Mackenzie Phillips Addresses Alleged 10-Year Incestuous Relationship With Her Dad John
Recommendation
-
California man allegedly shot couple and set their bodies, Teslas on fire in desert
-
Law enforcement identify man killed in landslide at Minnesota state park
-
Former U.S. ambassador Manuel Rocha arrested, accused of serving as agent of Cuba, sources say
-
Deepfake nude images of teen girls prompt action from parents, lawmakers: AI pandemic
-
Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris
-
After racist shooting that killed 3, family sues Dollar General and others over lax security
-
Trump seeks urgent review of gag order ruling in New York civil fraud case
-
‘We are officially hostages.’ How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy