Execution of Nathaniel Woods

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The execution of Nathaniel Woods occurred on March 5, 2020, at Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama, United States. The execution was controversial due to beliefs of his innocence, skepticism about his culpability, and the fairness of his trial. Woods had surrendered inside a crack house during a police raid that attempted to serve a months-old arrest warrant on Woods. Another man came downstairs and opened fire, killing three officers. Woods ran from the scene after the gunfire erupted. Despite never pulling a trigger, Woods was accused of being an accomplice and conspiring to kill the officers with the shooter, Kerry Spencer, and was convicted of capital murder. The same jury voted 10–2 in favor of sentencing Woods to death.

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