Retired state District Judge Deborah Oakes Evan Evans, who signed Robert Roberson's execution warrant earlier this year, recused herself from the case last week, citing no specific reason. The unexpected move has surprised Roberson's defense team and may provide them with additional time to pursue efforts to halt the execution.
Between Oct. 2 and Oct. 24, 2002, Muhammad, then 41, and his then-17-year-old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, shot 13 strangers across several locations in Maryland and Virginia.
Garcia Glen White, 61, was convicted in the 1989 murders of teen twin sisters and their mom, but he also confessed to fatally beating Greta Williams, 27.
Christopher Johnson, 32, and his lawyers are requesting Judge Kevin McManaman to remove himself because his bailiff is listed as a witness in the same case.
Cole was sentenced to death for the 1994 slaying of 18-year-old Florida State University student John Edwards. He was also ordered to life in prison for the rape, kidnapping and robbery of John's 21-year-old sister, Pam Edwards.
Alabama will have carried out five executions by the end of 2024. Alabama is set to execute two death row inmates this fall, following the execution of three inmates earlier this year.
The Swastika-tattooed Florida murderer Wade Wilson, 30, discovered his fate this afternoon when Judge Nick Thompson delivered the final verdict on his life.
Cole killed 18-year-old Florida State University student John Edwards, and raped John's sister, 21-year-old Pam Edwards, during a sibling camping trip in Ocala National Forest, in 1994, court records stated.
