(Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File) (Associated Press)ATMORE, Ala. — The Latest on the scheduled execution of Alabama inmate Tommy Arthur (all times local):11:15 p.m. The U.S. Supreme Court has stopped the execution of an Alabama inmate convicted in a 1982 murder-for-hire. The U.S. Supreme Court has stayed the execution of an Alabama inmate convicted in a 1982 murder-for-hire. ___9:30 a.m.An Alabama inmate is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his pending execution. The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that there were enough differences to make Alabama’s method constitutional.

Source: Washington Post November 04, 2016 02:55 UTC