By Associated Press
Montgomery, AL – The Alabama Supreme Court has refused to halt Thursday's planned lethal injection of 62-year-old James Harvey Callahan, who was twice convicted for the 1982 slaying of a Jacksonville woman.
The justices voted 8-0 on Tuesday and issued a one-page order denying a stay of execution, with the chief justice recusing herself.
Callahan was convicted for the Feb. 3, 1982, slaying of Rebecca Suzanne Howell, who was abducted from a coin-operated laundry. The body of the 26-year-old woman was found weeks later, dumped in a creek.
State prosecutors contend Callahan has exhausted his state and federal appeals. He faces execution at Holman Prison near Atmore.
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