KILLING THREE BIRMINGHAM POLICE

OFFICERS... IS SET TO BE PUT TO

DEATH AT

HOLMAN PRISON IN ATMORE.

ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF NATHANIEL

WOODS ARE URGING THE GOVERNOR TO

STOP

HIS EXECUTION.

NEWS 5'S KATARINA LUKETICH JOINS

US LIVE AT HOLMAN WHERE THAT

LETHAL INJECTION

IS ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY....

This case has gotten national

attention in the last

few days - after the son of

civil rights icon Dr. Martin

Luther King Junior got involved

advocating on

behalf of Nathaniel Woods. But

at this point the

execution is planned to go on as

scheduled.

Woods has been sitting on death

row for more than a

decade ... convicted in the 2004

murders of three

Birmingham police officers ....

Charles Bennett, Harley

Chisholm III, and Carolos Ownen.

In this last week is when

efforts to save his life really

ramped up.

Another man - Kerry Spencer -

was also

sentenced to death for the

crime. Spencer has

admitted he was the shooter. In

the past week advocates for

Woods have sent

several letters to Governor Kay

Ivey calling him "an

innocent man" since he didn't

pull the trigger.

But Alabama's Attorney General

is fighting for his

death to move forward. He says

Woods was no

innocent bystander, but "an

active participant" ... citing

testimony from the only

surviving officer that Woods

pointed out one of the officers

so Spencer could

shoot him.

Earlier today attornies for

Woods filed a motion in a

federal court of appeals asking

for a stay of

exection. A federal ruling or

word from the Governor

could stop the exection at any

point before the lethal

drug is administered. Live at

Holman, Katarina

Luketich, WKRG News 5.

BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR

LOCAL CORONAVIRUS CASE.