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Kim Kardashian reacts to execution of Nathaniel woods
Reality star, Kim Kardashian is mourning the death of an Alabama death row inmate who was executed despite last-minute attempts to save his life.
Nathaniel Woods was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the June 17, 2004, murder of Birmingham police officers Carlos Owen, Harley Chisolm and Charles Bennett, the Associated Press reported.
However, a number of activists, including Kim Kardashian, Martin Luther King III, and Shaun King called for the state’s governor to intervene and stop the planned execution since co-defendant, Kerry Spencer, confessed to the crime in a handwritten letter provided by his attorneys this week.
Woods and his roommate Kerry Spencer were dealing crack cocaine at their home when the officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant and were then all gunned down.
Although Spencer pulled the trigger, prosecutors say Woods came up with the idea to ambush and murder the officers, AP reported. Spencer was convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
Expressing her disappointment in the criminal justice system, Kim wrote in another tweet: “Nate will die for a crime another man confessed to and says Nate had nothing to do with. My heart and prayers are with Nate and his family and all the advocates who worked tirelessly to save his life.”
Nathaniel Woods was killed by lethal injection at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, ABC News reported. He was pronounced dead at 9:01 p.m. local time on March 5, 2020.
For his final meal, Woods requested sweet potatoes, spinach, chicken patty, chicken leg quarter, cooked apples, fries, two oranges and an orange-flavored drink, the Alabama Department of Corrections said in a statement obtained by ABC News. He took only one bite.
After Nathaniel Woods’ execution, Kim Kardashian mourned him on Twitter and Instagram, writing: “RIP Nathaniel Woods.”