Today the U.S. Supreme Court denied the appeal of Tommy Arthur and once again a date can be set for his execution. This will be the 8th time he as been set for execution following seven times set then later stayed. Three different trials found him guilty of a 1982 murder-for-hire of Troy Wicker in the Shoals. At the time Arthur was on work release while serving a sentence for having killed his sister-in-law at a business in Bear Creek.