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handle is hein.preview/prvwtcheawfd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: No. 17-7505 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OCTOBER TERM, 2017 VERNON MADISON, Petitioner, V. STATE OF ALABAMA, Respondent. ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE MOBILE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT APPLICATION FOR A STAY OF EXECUTION THIS IS A CAPITAL CASE WITH AN EXECUTION SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018 To the Honorable Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the Eleventh Circuit: On January 25, 2018, the State of Alabama has scheduled an execution date for the second time for Vernon Madison, a 67-year-old man who has been on Alabama's death row for over 30 years. On January 16, 2018, the Mobile County Circuit Court denied Mr. Madison's petition challenging his competency to be executed. Alabama law does not permit any appeal in state court, so the petition for certiorari he has filed in this Court is the only opportunity he has to 1