Overview
- Jeremy Tremaine Williams asked the state to speed up his execution after an appeals court affirmed his conviction and death sentence for killing 5-year-old Kamarie Holland.
- Williams dismissed his lawyers as prosecutors said they would try to move his case ahead of others that have waited longer, according to Russell County District Attorney Rick Chancey.
- Under Alabama’s process, the case next goes to the state supreme court for a writ of execution, then to Governor Kay Ivey to set a date, and the timing remains uncertain.
- Williams is held on death row at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, which is Alabama’s only prison that carries out executions.
- Prosecutors say Williams filmed and photographed the assault and was identified when his phone flipped to show his face, and the child’s mother later pleaded guilty to sex trafficking in March 2024 and received a 20-year sentence.