Alabama Supreme Court clears way for execution of man convicted in Etowah County double murder

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA)- The Alabama Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for an execution to take place next week.

The state supreme court has issued the order to carry out the death sentence for death row inmate Michael Shannon Taylor by lethal injection.

Governor Kay Ivey has set a thirty-hour time frame for the execution to happen between next Thursday, November 5th and Friday, November 6th.

Taylor was sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murders of Ivan and Lucille Moore in Etowah County.

The execution is scheduled to take place at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.

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