The Alabama Supreme Court has approved the execution of Keith Edmund Gavin, aged 64, who was found guilty of killing a delivery driver in 1998.
The decision grants the Alabama attorney general’s request to set an execution date, to be determined by Governor Kay Ivey.
The method of execution will be lethal injection.
Gavin was convicted of capital murder for fatally shooting William Clinton Clayton, Jr. in Cherokee County. Clayton, a delivery driver, was killed while using an ATM in downtown Centre to get money for dinner with his wife.
A jury voted 10-2 in favor of imposing the death penalty on Gavin, a decision upheld by the trial court.
Gavin’s attorney argued against the execution, contending that the state was prioritizing Gavin over other inmates who had exhausted their appeals.
