... another legal challenge to the state's execution protocol pending in Pulaski County Circuit Court and a clemency request hearing scheduled for Aug. 4. Williams was sentenced to death for the 1992 murder of Bradley farmer Clyde Spence.

... Federal public defender Julie Brain did not immediately return a call for comment Thursday. Only Williams, 42, faces a set execution date. He is scheduled to be executed Sept. 9 for the 1992 shooting death of Bradley farmer Clyde Spence.

... Family and friends of victim Clyde Spence crowded a Monday afternoon hearing ... defense expert. David Spence, Clyde Spence's son, rebutted the idea of ... and carried out this murder." Clyde Spence had helped Williams win a work ...

... challenges pending over his execution. Williams received a death sentence after being convicted of fatally shooting farmer Clyde Spence of Bradley during a robbery. Williams had been fired earlier from a prison work-release job at Spence's farm ...