MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A man once called the "Houdini" of Alabama's death row for escaping seven past execution dates through legal challenges was put to death early Friday for a 1982 murder-for-hire ...

Thomas Arthur, who had escaped execution seven times in the past, was put to death for the 1982 killing of Troy Wicker. He was pronounced dead at 12:15 a.m. Friday, according to Alabama Department of ...

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An Alabama prisoner nicknamed the “Houdini” of death row for dodging execution seven times has been put to death for fatally shooting his lover’s husband in a 1982 murder-for-hire scheme. Thomas ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. --A man once called the "Houdini" of Alabama's death row for escaping seven past execution dates through legal challenges was put to death early Friday for a 1982 murder-for-hire ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- An Alabama inmate who was convicted in the 1982 killing of a man in a murder-for-hire arrangement is scheduled to die Thursday. Tommy Arthur, 74, was convicted of killing Troy ...

(Reuters) - Alabama executed on Friday a 75-year-old inmate who had spent more than three decades on death row and faced seven previous execution dates after he was convicted of killing his girlfriend ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama inmate who was convicted in the 1982 killing of a man in a murder-for-hire arrangement is set to die Thursday. Tommy Arthur, 74, was convicted of killing Troy Wicker with ...

ATMORE, Ala. – An inmate once called the "Houdini" of Alabama's death row for escaping seven past execution dates through legal challenges was put to death early Friday for a 1982 murder-for-hire ...