Selma killer’s execution set for Thursday
Reeves Despite a judicial order issued nearly three weeks ago that blocked it, Alabama Department of Corrections officials said this week the execution of Matthew Reeves will proceed as scheduled this Thursday, January 27, barring any last-minute notifications. Reeves was sentenced to die for the 1996 robbery-murder of 38-year-old Willie Johnson Jr. of Selma, who came to Reeves’s aid when Reeves had car trouble. He is set to die by…