Arthur Julius was executed by the State of Alabama for a sexual assault and murder
According to court documents Arthur Julius was on a brief release from prison when he would sexually assault and murder his cousin Susie Bell Sanders
Arthur Julius would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Arthur Julius would be executed by way of the electric chair on November 17 1989
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When was Arthur Julius executed
Arthur Julius was executed on November 17 1989
How was Arthur Julius executed
Arthur Julius was executed by way of the electric chair
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The electrocution of Arthur James Julius early Friday marked the fourth death warrant carried out in Alabama this year, putting the state’s execution rate at a level not seen in 35 years.
Following Julius’ execution for the 1978 murder-rape of his cousin, Prison Commissioner Morris Thigpen said the rate of executions could increase.
″I think it is obvious with the number we have on death row,″ said Thigpen at a news conference following Julius’ execution.
The state now has 108 inmates under sentence of death
Julius, 43, dressed in a white sweatsuit and shower shoes, gave two thumbs- up signs and waved both hands after his final words were spoken to Holman Prison warden Charlie Jones, who read the death warrant.
Thigpen quoted Julius as saying ″he believed in God and knew he would not let him suffer.″
Julius, of Birmingham, was sentenced to death for the slaying of his cousin, 29-year-old Susie Bell Sanders, at her Montgomery apartment. He was on an pass from a prison work-release center at the time. He was then serving a life term for a 1972 murder.
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 U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing states to resume use of the death penalty.
The last time Alabama had four or more executions in one year was 1954, when three convicted murderers and one rapist were put to death in the electric chair at the old Kilby Prison in Montgomery. Two of those executions were held on the same day.