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    Arthur James Julius - Alabama Execution - November 17, 1989

    Summary of Offense: Convicted for the 1978 rape and killing of his cousin, Susie Bell Sanders, 29, at her Montgomery apartment.

    Victim: Susie Bell Sanders

    Time of Death: 12:09 a.m.

    Manner of execution: Electric Chair

    Last Meal: Steak, fried okra, pineapple chunks and lemon drink

    Final Statement: The condemned man, Arthur James Julius, gave two thumbs up and waved both hands, nodding in the direction of his brother, Clarence Byrd, and the prison chaplain, Robert Simmons.

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    November 18, 1989

    Murderer of Woman Is Executed in Alabama

    ATMORE, Ala., Nov. 17 — A man convicted of raping and murdering his cousin while he was on a brief leave from prison was put to death in the electric chair this morning, 11 years after the crime.

    The condemned man, Arthur James Julius, gave two thumbs up and waved both hands, nodding in the direction of his brother, Clarence Byrd, and the prison chaplain, Robert Simmons, before being executed at 12:09 A.M.

    Mr. Julius, 43 years old, of Birmingham, was sentenced to death for the 1978 rape and killing of his cousin, Susie Bell Sanders, 29, at her Montgomery apartment.

    Mr. Julius was the fourth inmate to die in Alabama's electric chair this year and the 119th person put to death in the United States since the 1976 ruling by the United States Supreme Court allowing states to resume use of the death penalty.

    Mr. Julius had pinned a purple ribbon on the shirt of his white sweatsuit. Prison officials said the ribbon is worn by death row inmates to protest the death penalty. High Court Denies Appeal

    About eight hours before the execution, Mr. Julius lost an appeal when the Supreme Court refused by a 7-to-2 vote to spare his life.

    Justices William J. Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, who oppose capital punishment in all circumstances, supported Mr. Julius's plea for a stay of execution.

    Mr. Julius was serving a life term for a 1972 murder when he was released on a pass from a prison work-release center near Montgomery.

    According to court records, Mr. Julius left on an eight-hour pass at 11 A.M. on Jan. 29, 1978, and borrowed a relative's car from 3:30 P.M. to 6:25 P.M. During that time, Mr. Julius beat Ms. Sanders and subjected her to ''grotesque sexual abuse'' before strangling her.

    http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/18/us...xecuted&st=nyt

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