Judge Robert Vance

Lawyers for Inmate to be Executed Tonight Ask SCOTUS for Delay

Walter Leroy Moody convicted killing an Alabama Federal Judge
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Latest on the scheduled execution of (all times local): 12:45 p.m. An Alabama inmate is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his upcoming execution. Attorneys for Walter Leroy Moody, Jr. on Thursday asked justices to stay the execution to review whether Moody’s federal sentence of multiple life terms can be interrupted for Alabama to…

Murdered Judge’s Son: Will Not Witness Execution

Judge Robert Vance died of a mail bomb in 1989
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U.S. District Judge Robert Vance, Sr. Killed by a package bomb in 1989. Judge Robert Vance, Jr. tells Alabama News Network he “doesn’t know how to answer” the question of whether or not he has forgiven the man who murdered  his father with a mail bomb just before Christmas in 1989. He says he did felt closure in regard to…