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ATMORE, Alabama — Barring a stay of execution, Eddie Duval Powell will be executed by lethal injection tonight at 6 p.m. at Holman Prison in Alabama.

It will be Alabama’s fourth execution this year, the third under Gov. Robert Bentley.

Powell was convicted of the 1995 murder, rape and sodomy of 70-year-old Mattie Wesson during the burglary of her home in Holt in Tuscaloosa County. He was assigned to death row in 1998 and has served 12 years, 9 months, and 9 days in prison.

Powell’s mother, brother, sister, uncle and friend visited him from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. today.

Officers said Powell wrote letters and described him as talkative and calm. Powell refused breakfast this morning but ate sandwiches, soda, and corn chips from vending machines, Brian Corbett, a Holman spokesperson, said. He did not request a last meal.

Powell left the majority of his belongings to fellow inmates, including a black and white TV, a Bible, radio, shoes and a thesaurus. He left his mother, Alice Neal, his photographs.

Powell still has two appeals pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. In one, Powell stated that he is mentally challenged and should not be executed. The other states that Alabama’s use of a new drug in its execution cocktail, pentobarbital, could cause him pain and suffering. The Alabama Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals already rejected the motions.

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