Alabama executes convict on murder, theft charges in 28 years old case

Alabama on Thursday executed a 46-year-old man convicted of killing a minister and wounding his wife with a sword and dagger while robbing their home three days before Christmas in 1991, the state's department of corrections said.

Christopher Price was executed by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 7:31 p.m. (0031 GMT) local time at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, a spokesman for the Alabama Department of Corrections said.