Alabama on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it proceed with an execution of a man convicted of killing his estranged wife and father-in-law in 1993. The Alabama attorney general asked the nation's high court to overturn an injunction blocking Thursday's execution of Jeffery Lynn Borden, 56. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday stayed Borden's execution through Oct. 19. "Alabama has already carried out four executions using this protocol," lawyers for the state wrote in the Monday court filing. Borden was convicted of killing his wife, Cheryl Borden, and her father, Roland Harris, during a Christmas Eve gathering in Jefferson County in 1993.

Source: ABC News October 02, 2017 20:46 UTC