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Despite Campaign, Alabama Inmate Nathaniel Woods Has Been Executed
High profile celebrities have come out to mourn the death of a 43- man in Alabama identified as Nathaniel Woods.
Nathaniel was executed for themurder of three police officers despite a campaign to save him .
He was convicted of masterminding an ambush against the officers as they tried to arrest him on drugs charges in 2004, but he had always proved his innocence.
Kim Kardashian West, one of the high-profile figures who championed Wood’s case, said after the stay of execution was lifted: “My heart and prayers are with Nate and his family.”
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Martin Luther King III, the son of Martin Luther King Jr, called Woods’ death a “mockery of justice”.
On Thursday the US Supreme Court issued a stay of execution but then lifted it.
This allowed the execution by lethal injection to go ahead at Holman Prison.
Woods was pronounced dead at just after 09:00 (15:00 GMT).
Woods’ execution was the first in Alabama this year .
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement: “Tonight, justice has been served.”
US inmate has ‘no right to painless death’.
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