a Jefferson County judge sentenced Nathaniel Woods to death
a Jefferson County judge sentenced Nathaniel Woods to death by lethal injection for his role in the slayings of three Birmingham police officers by a drug-dealing friend.
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a Jefferson County judge sentenced Nathaniel Woods to death by lethal injection for his role in the slayings of three Birmingham police officers by a drug-dealing friend.
Woods, 28, joins his co-defendant, Kerry Spencer, on Alabama's list of condemned prisoners.
Carlos "Curly" Owen, 58, Harley Chisholm III, 40, and Charles Robert Bennett, 33, were shot on June 17, 2004, while trying to serve a misdemeanor warrant on Woods. A fourth officer, Michael Collins, was wounded but survived.
Woods, 28, joins his co-defendant, Kerry Spencer, on Alabama's list of condemned prisoners.
Carlos "Curly" Owen, 58, Harley Chisholm III, 40, and Charles Robert Bennett, 33, were shot on June 17, 2004, while trying to serve a misdemeanor warrant on Woods. A fourth officer, Michael Collins, was wounded but survived.
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- (Sources: Associated Press, 10/12/2005)
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