Did some Googling - the lying wife got 10 years in jail and has been a free woman ever since. 
Alabama to execute man, 74, who was paid $10,000 to dress up like a black man and kill his lover's husband
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/11/appeals_court_wont_halt_execut.html
http://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/arthur-tommy.htm
An Alabama inmate who was convicted in the 1982 killing of a man in a murder-for-hire arrangement is set to die Thursday.
Tommy Arthur, 74, was convicted of killing Troy Wicker as he slept inside his Muscle Shoals home. Wicker's wife Judy initially said she had been raped and an intruder killed her husband, but she later testified she had sex with Arthur and paid him $10,000 to kill her husband.
She also testified that Arthur, who is white, wore a wig and makeup to disguise himself as an African-American man when he shot her husband.
Arthur is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at 6pm Thursday. The execution is scheduled after years of appeals for Arthur, who once asked a jury to give him the death penalty but has avoided it for decades.
Juries twice convicted Arthur, but those convictions were overturned on appeal.
During his third trial in 1991, Arthur ignored the advice of his attorneys and pleaded with the jury to convict him on the capital charge and sentence him to death. He said he didn't have a death wish, but it was a way of opening more avenues of appeal.
Tommy Arthur, 74 (pictured in an undated photo), is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6pm on Thursday at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama
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Although Arthur maintains his innocence in the 1982 shooting death of Troy Wicker, he was convicted of the crime 3 times, by 3 separate juries. His first two convictions were overturned on technicalities.
Wicker's wife, Judy, served 10 years in prison for allegedly hiring Arthur to kill her husband.
Arthur was serving time at the Decatur Work Release Center for another homicide when he is alleged to have killed Wicker. He also escaped from the Colbert County Jail while he was awaiting trial, shooting a jail guard in the neck. He was later re-arrested in Knoxville, Tennessee after robbing a bank.
http://whnt.com/2016/11/02/tommy-arthur-scheduled-to-die-by-lethal-injection-thursday-at-6pm/
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Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Murder for hire - To collect insurance money
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: February 1, 1982
Date of arrest: April 1982
Date of birth: 1942
Victim profile: Troy Wicker, 35 (his girlfriend's husband)
Method of murder: Shooting
Location: Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on December 5, 1991
On February 1, 1982, at 9:12 A.M., police officers were called to the residence of Mary Jewel “Judy” Wicker and Troy Wicker in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
The officers found Troy murdered in his bed; his wife, Judy Wicker, lying on the floor with traces of blood on her face; and her sister, Teresa Rowland kneeling beside her. The investigators found four .22-caliber expended cartridge cases on the bed.
An autopsy revealed that Troy’s death was caused by a close range wound through his right eye from a .22-caliber long rifle bullet which severed his brain stem.
Wicker told the investigators that, after she had dropped her children off at school, she had returned to find an African American man in her home. She said that the man raped her, knocked her unconscious, and shot Troy.
Wicker was subsequently charged and convicted of murdering Troy to collect insurance proceeds, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Some time after Wicker’s conviction, the prosecuting district attorney appeared before the parole board to inquire about the possibility of an early release in exchange for Wicker’s testimony against Arthur.
Wicker’s daughter, Tina Jenkins, retained attorney Gary Alverson to appear at this meeting on her behalf. Alverson was later hired as a state prosecutor. In 1991, during Arthur’s trial for Troy’s murder, Alverson represented the state and Wicker testified as the prosecution’s main witness.
She explained that she had known Arthur since they were both young and worked at Tidwell Homes. She revealed that she, Rowland, and Rowland’s boyfriend, Theron McKinney had discussed killing Troy beginning in early 1981.
Wicker explained that Troy was physically violent with her, and that Rowland and Troy often argued when Troy threatened to turn Rowland in to the police for the arson on her home which he had committed for her.
Wicker recalled that she received a telephone call from Arthur in November 1981 in which he told her that he had been “hired to do the job . . . to kill her husband.” She saw him the next week and began a sexual relationship with him.
At that time, Arthur was residing at the Decatur Work Release Center and was assigned to work at Reagin Mobile Homes.
Wicker testified that she knew that the murder was to take place on February 1, 1982, and that she had agreed to tell the police that her home was burglarized and that her husband was murdered by an African American man.
She explained that, on the day of the murder, she met Rowland and Arthur at the airport. She stated that Arthur, who had been drinking and was carrying a gun and a garbage bag, had painted his face black and put on an Afro wig and black gloves.
She testified that Arthur got into her car and, while driving him to her house, she urged him not to kill Troy. She stated that, after they arrived at her house, she heard a shot and that Arthur then struck her, knocked out several of her teeth, and lacerated her lip.
Wicker admitted that, after she collected $90,000 in insurance proceeds from Troy’s death, she paid Arthur $10,000, paid Rowland $6,000, and gave McKinney jewelry and a car for their assistance in the murder. She also admitted that she continued her relationship with Arthur after the murder. Wicker’s testimony was corroborated by other witnesses and evidence.
Muscle Shoals Police Sergeant Eddie Lang testified that, while he was working at a school crossing about 7:40 A.M. on February 1, he observed Wicker driving east toward the airport and, about 10 minutes later, returning toward her house. He did not see anyone in the car with her during either trip.
The work release facility’s records for the day of the murder showed that Arthur had signed out of work release at 6:00 A.M. and had not returned until 7:50 P.M.
Joel Reagin, the owner of Reagin Mobile Homes, was unable to say whether Arthur was at work on the day of the murder. He remembered, however, having seen Wicker and Arthur together at Reagin Mobile Homes while Arthur was working there.
Patricia Yarborough Green, a waitress at Cher’s Lounge, testified that, on January 31, 1981, the day before the murder, Arthur asked her to send a friend to purchase .22-caliber Mini-Mag long rifle bullets for him and gave her $10 for the purchase.
She said that, while they were waiting for the friend to return with the bullets, Arthur told her that they would be used to kill someone. She gave the bullets to Arthur when she received them.
Debra Lynn Phillips Tynes, the manager of Cher’s, went to lunch with Arthur on the day of the murder. While they were out, Arthur drove to a bridge over the Tennessee River, stopped the car, and dropped a black garbage bag into the river. She said that he explained to her that he wanted to get rid of some old memories.
On the day of the murder, Wicker’s automobile was found in the parking lot at Northwest Junior College in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Inside the car, officers found Wicker’s purse and an Afro wig; the inside of the wig contained no human hairs.
In March 1982, officials at the work release center discovered a discrepancy between the amount of time that Arthur had logged as being at work and the amount of money that he had been paid for that work, and transferred him to the county jail pending investigation.
After he left the work release center, his personal belongings at the work release center were inventoried and a Reagin Mobile Homes envelope containing $2000 was discovered.
In April 1982, Arthur was interviewed by a Muscle Shoals Police Department detective and denied knowing anything about Troy’s homicide or knowing Wicker or Rowland. When the officer confronted Arthur with contrary information, Arthur asked to see an attorney and refused to make any further comments.
Arthur was indicted and charged with intentionally murdering Troy by shooting him with a pistol after having been convicted of second degree murder. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1982.
http://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/arthur-tommy.htm
Alabama to execute man, 74, who was paid $10,000 to dress up like a black man and kill his lover's husband
- Tommy Arthur, 74, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6pm Thursday
- He was convicted of killing Troy Wicker in 1982, in exchange for $10,000 from the man's wife
- Juries twice convicted Arthur, but those convictions were overturned
- During his third trial in 1991, Arthur ignored the advice of his attorneys and pleaded with the jury to sentence him to death
- He said he didn't have a death wish, but it was a way of opening more avenues of appeal
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/11/appeals_court_wont_halt_execut.html
http://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/arthur-tommy.htm
An Alabama inmate who was convicted in the 1982 killing of a man in a murder-for-hire arrangement is set to die Thursday.
Tommy Arthur, 74, was convicted of killing Troy Wicker as he slept inside his Muscle Shoals home. Wicker's wife Judy initially said she had been raped and an intruder killed her husband, but she later testified she had sex with Arthur and paid him $10,000 to kill her husband.
She also testified that Arthur, who is white, wore a wig and makeup to disguise himself as an African-American man when he shot her husband.
Arthur is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at 6pm Thursday. The execution is scheduled after years of appeals for Arthur, who once asked a jury to give him the death penalty but has avoided it for decades.
Juries twice convicted Arthur, but those convictions were overturned on appeal.
During his third trial in 1991, Arthur ignored the advice of his attorneys and pleaded with the jury to convict him on the capital charge and sentence him to death. He said he didn't have a death wish, but it was a way of opening more avenues of appeal.
Tommy Arthur, 74 (pictured in an undated photo), is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6pm on Thursday at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama
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Although Arthur maintains his innocence in the 1982 shooting death of Troy Wicker, he was convicted of the crime 3 times, by 3 separate juries. His first two convictions were overturned on technicalities.
Wicker's wife, Judy, served 10 years in prison for allegedly hiring Arthur to kill her husband.
Arthur was serving time at the Decatur Work Release Center for another homicide when he is alleged to have killed Wicker. He also escaped from the Colbert County Jail while he was awaiting trial, shooting a jail guard in the neck. He was later re-arrested in Knoxville, Tennessee after robbing a bank.
http://whnt.com/2016/11/02/tommy-arthur-scheduled-to-die-by-lethal-injection-thursday-at-6pm/
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Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Murder for hire - To collect insurance money
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: February 1, 1982
Date of arrest: April 1982
Date of birth: 1942
Victim profile: Troy Wicker, 35 (his girlfriend's husband)
Method of murder: Shooting
Location: Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on December 5, 1991
On February 1, 1982, at 9:12 A.M., police officers were called to the residence of Mary Jewel “Judy” Wicker and Troy Wicker in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
The officers found Troy murdered in his bed; his wife, Judy Wicker, lying on the floor with traces of blood on her face; and her sister, Teresa Rowland kneeling beside her. The investigators found four .22-caliber expended cartridge cases on the bed.
An autopsy revealed that Troy’s death was caused by a close range wound through his right eye from a .22-caliber long rifle bullet which severed his brain stem.
Wicker told the investigators that, after she had dropped her children off at school, she had returned to find an African American man in her home. She said that the man raped her, knocked her unconscious, and shot Troy.
Wicker was subsequently charged and convicted of murdering Troy to collect insurance proceeds, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Some time after Wicker’s conviction, the prosecuting district attorney appeared before the parole board to inquire about the possibility of an early release in exchange for Wicker’s testimony against Arthur.
Wicker’s daughter, Tina Jenkins, retained attorney Gary Alverson to appear at this meeting on her behalf. Alverson was later hired as a state prosecutor. In 1991, during Arthur’s trial for Troy’s murder, Alverson represented the state and Wicker testified as the prosecution’s main witness.
She explained that she had known Arthur since they were both young and worked at Tidwell Homes. She revealed that she, Rowland, and Rowland’s boyfriend, Theron McKinney had discussed killing Troy beginning in early 1981.
Wicker explained that Troy was physically violent with her, and that Rowland and Troy often argued when Troy threatened to turn Rowland in to the police for the arson on her home which he had committed for her.
Wicker recalled that she received a telephone call from Arthur in November 1981 in which he told her that he had been “hired to do the job . . . to kill her husband.” She saw him the next week and began a sexual relationship with him.
At that time, Arthur was residing at the Decatur Work Release Center and was assigned to work at Reagin Mobile Homes.
Wicker testified that she knew that the murder was to take place on February 1, 1982, and that she had agreed to tell the police that her home was burglarized and that her husband was murdered by an African American man.
She explained that, on the day of the murder, she met Rowland and Arthur at the airport. She stated that Arthur, who had been drinking and was carrying a gun and a garbage bag, had painted his face black and put on an Afro wig and black gloves.
She testified that Arthur got into her car and, while driving him to her house, she urged him not to kill Troy. She stated that, after they arrived at her house, she heard a shot and that Arthur then struck her, knocked out several of her teeth, and lacerated her lip.
Wicker admitted that, after she collected $90,000 in insurance proceeds from Troy’s death, she paid Arthur $10,000, paid Rowland $6,000, and gave McKinney jewelry and a car for their assistance in the murder. She also admitted that she continued her relationship with Arthur after the murder. Wicker’s testimony was corroborated by other witnesses and evidence.
Muscle Shoals Police Sergeant Eddie Lang testified that, while he was working at a school crossing about 7:40 A.M. on February 1, he observed Wicker driving east toward the airport and, about 10 minutes later, returning toward her house. He did not see anyone in the car with her during either trip.
The work release facility’s records for the day of the murder showed that Arthur had signed out of work release at 6:00 A.M. and had not returned until 7:50 P.M.
Joel Reagin, the owner of Reagin Mobile Homes, was unable to say whether Arthur was at work on the day of the murder. He remembered, however, having seen Wicker and Arthur together at Reagin Mobile Homes while Arthur was working there.
Patricia Yarborough Green, a waitress at Cher’s Lounge, testified that, on January 31, 1981, the day before the murder, Arthur asked her to send a friend to purchase .22-caliber Mini-Mag long rifle bullets for him and gave her $10 for the purchase.
She said that, while they were waiting for the friend to return with the bullets, Arthur told her that they would be used to kill someone. She gave the bullets to Arthur when she received them.
Debra Lynn Phillips Tynes, the manager of Cher’s, went to lunch with Arthur on the day of the murder. While they were out, Arthur drove to a bridge over the Tennessee River, stopped the car, and dropped a black garbage bag into the river. She said that he explained to her that he wanted to get rid of some old memories.
On the day of the murder, Wicker’s automobile was found in the parking lot at Northwest Junior College in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Inside the car, officers found Wicker’s purse and an Afro wig; the inside of the wig contained no human hairs.
In March 1982, officials at the work release center discovered a discrepancy between the amount of time that Arthur had logged as being at work and the amount of money that he had been paid for that work, and transferred him to the county jail pending investigation.
After he left the work release center, his personal belongings at the work release center were inventoried and a Reagin Mobile Homes envelope containing $2000 was discovered.
In April 1982, Arthur was interviewed by a Muscle Shoals Police Department detective and denied knowing anything about Troy’s homicide or knowing Wicker or Rowland. When the officer confronted Arthur with contrary information, Arthur asked to see an attorney and refused to make any further comments.
Arthur was indicted and charged with intentionally murdering Troy by shooting him with a pistol after having been convicted of second degree murder. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1982.
http://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/arthur-tommy.htm
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