Federal appeals court overturns Alabama inmate's death sentence for 1979 ...
Federal appeals court overturns Alabama inmate's death sentence for 1979 ...: The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals Monday overturned the death sentence given to 60-year-old Billy Joe Magwood for the 1979 shooting death of Coffee County Sheriff Neil Grantham. The appeals court said Alabama's law when Grantham was killed did not ...