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Appeal filed in local murder conviction

By Scott Harvey

Paris – The attorney for Larry Wayne Wooten has filed an appeal of his murder conviction, just two weeks before Wooten's scheduled execution.

He was convicted for the 1996 murders of 80-year-old Grady Alexander and his 86-year-old wife Bessie in Paris.

The couple was beaten, stabbed and had their throats slashed in a robbery.

Wooten is set to die October 21. His attorney is asking for a 60 day reprieve.

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