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Sedley Alley finally executed for killing Marine Suzanne Collins.

NASHVILLE - The state Supreme Court on Friday set a June 28 execution date for inmate Sedley Alley, who came within hours of being put to death last month before getting a short reprieve to pursue DNA testing on evidence in his case. It was the second setback for the condemned killer this week. On Tuesday, a judge refused to release evidence from the 1985 rape and murder of Suzanne M. Collins so Alley's defense team could pay for DNA testing. Alley was scheduled to die by lethal injection May 17 until he got a 15-day reprieve to seek the...

NASHVILLE — Death row inmate Sedley Alley received a stay of execution Thursday from a federal judge. Alley was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 1985 rape and murder of 19-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne M. Collins at the Millington Naval Air Station outside Memphis. Federal Judge Aleta Traugher issued the stay because for Alley, who is challenging the state’s lethal injection procedure. A ruling on whether the drugs used in lethal injection violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment is pending in the U.S. Supreme Court.