Thomas Warren Whisenhant was first convicted and sentenced to death in 1977 for the rape and murder of Cheryl Lynn Payton, which occurred in Mobile County. The facts of the murder are set out in Whisenhant v. State , 370 So.2d 1080 (Ala.Cr.App. 1979), *Page 2…
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