 He'd been convicted of shooting William Clayton Jr. to death at an automated teller machine in northeast Alabama in 1998. The state of Alabama earlier agreed to waive an autopsy for Gavin, normally standard procedure following an execution. Gavin, who was Muslim, had sued, claiming the procedure would desecrate his body and violate his religious beliefs. Jack Callahan, Fox News. In New Jersey, a teacher was charged with slamming a special needs student to the floor.