U.S. Supreme Court Halts Execution of Alabama Man for 1985 Murder

U.S. Supreme Court Halts Execution of Alabama Man for 1985 Murder
Vernon Madison, one of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates, appears in a booking photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections. Alabama Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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The U.S. Supreme Court halted the planned execution on Thursday of an Alabama man convicted of murdering a police officer in 1985 after attorneys petitioned to spare the man’s life, arguing that he had suffered several strokes that left him unable to remember the crime.

Vernon Madison, 67, has spent more than three decades on death row for killing Mobile police officer Julius Schulte.