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COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama man convicted of capital murder in the slaying of a gas station clerk who was killed during a robbery has been sentenced to death. A judge sentenced 48-year-old Michael Anthony Powell 2016 gunshot killing of 54-year-old Tracy Algar.
She was shot to death while working at a store in Alabaster south of Birmingham. News outlets report jurors convicted Powell in April following an eight-day trial and recommended the death sentence. Jurors and the judge rejected Powell’s claims of innocence.
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Alabama man sentenced to die in fatal gas station holdup
May 25, 2021
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COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) A man convicted of capital murder in the slaying of a gas station clerk who was killed during a robbery has been sentenced to death, authorities said.
Shelby County Circuit Judge Bill Bostick sentenced Michael Anthony Powell, 48, to die for the Oct. 30, 2016, gunshot killing of Tracy Algar, 54, who was shot to death while working at a store in Alabaster south of Birmingham, District Attorney Jill Lee said.
Jurors convicted Powell in April following an eight-day trial and recommended the death sentence, news outlets reported.
Powell had been released from prison in 2015 after serving a 17-year term for robbery. During the hearing Monday, he told the judge he was innocent of killing Algar.
Robber convicted in execution-style killing of Shelby County store clerk; jury recommends death sentence
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A Shelby County jury convicted Michael Anthony Powell, who was a convicted robber at the time of his arrest in the deadly shooting, of capital murder in the killing of 54-year-old Tracy Latty Algar at the Kirkland Chevron that Sunday morning more than four years ago. Algar was killed execution-style in the bathroom of the convenience store. Only several hundred dollars were taken in the holdup.
The trial lasted more than a week and when it was over, the jury recommended Powell be sentenced to death, said Shelby County District Attorney Jill Lee. Presiding Circuit Judge Bill Bostick will sentence Powell on May 24.