LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – As Demetrius Frazier’s execution date approaches and the clock ticks down to February 6th, Michigan Governor Whitmer remains quiet amidst calls for intervention.

Demetrius Terrence Frazier faces execution in Alabama on Thursday for the November 26, 1991 rape and murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown who was the mother of two adult daughters. According to court records, 19-year-old Frazier broke into her Birmingham apartment and searched for money which he wasn’t able to find much of. Then he woke up Brown, raped her and shot her in the head because, as court records reveal, he didn’t like whiney women who pleaded for their lives.

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According to an archived article from the Birmingham Post-Herald, Brown was a peaceful, family-oriented woman who worked hard to make ends meet and never bothered anyone according to friends and family. She was described as a workaholic who was employed as a cook.

From predator to killer.

A few months after the Alabama rape, Frazier was at home in Detroit and took 14-year-old Crystal Kendrick into a vacant house. When she escaped after he tried to rape her, he shot her in the head. According to a 1992 article in the Detroit Free Press, she was found on a west side Detroit street, clothed only in a pair of white socks and wearing a gold ring. For 10 days, nobody claimed her body. Abandoned by her mom at age 8 and living with her grandma and others, Crystal ran away frequently.

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A history of crimes.

Not surprisingly, Frazier had a long and violent history with 35 pending felonies at the time of his arrest for killing Kendrick, according to USA Today. In fact, according to court records, in September 1991, just two months before Brown’s murder, Frazier had allegedly forced his way into a Detroit home armed with a knife, repeatedly assaulted the homeowner, and claimed it was part of a bet.

While talking with law enforcement in Michigan about Kendrick in 1992, Frazier admitted to being responsible for the Alabama murder. He was convicted of Kendrick’s murder in Michigan in 1993 and given three life sentences. He went to Alabama in 1995 and was tried and convicted in 1996 of killing Brown, receiving the death penalty.

Bad behavior.

Frazier was reportedly very aggressive in the Alabama court. According to court records, Frazier hurled a pen toward the jury box and lashed out at the majority-white jury, calling them racist. (Frazier is Black.) He also accused one of his defense attorneys of colluding with prosecutors and defying the judge’s orders. At one point, courtroom disruptions led to Frazier being removed and forced to watch his trial from a small adjacent room.

During his Michigan trial for the murder of Crystal Kendrick, Frazier punched an assistant prosecutor in the face, causing a mild concussion.

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The Detroit Free Press reported that Kenneth Bresnahan, the Detroit investigator to whom Frazier allegedly admitted Brown’s murder, described him as “the most vicious person” he had ever encountered.

From Michigan to Alabama.

Subsequently, after the Alabama conviction, Frazier was brought back to Michigan where he was put in prison; however, in 2011 Governors Rick Snyder (Michigan) and Robert Bentley (Alabama) agreed to transfer Frazier to Alabama – with no reason given. According to the Alabama Media Group, the Alabama Dept. of Corrections, says that the inmate is “borrowed from Michigan.”

Abraham Bonowitz, executive director of Death Penalty Action, who delivered a signed petition to Governor Whitmer to stop the execution, said to the Alabama Reflector, “Michigan was the first state to legislatively abolish the death penalty, and the state has a constitutional prohibition on executions. Human rights norms usually keep countries and states from sending prisoners to places where they face human rights violations, but in Mr. Frazier’s case they inexplicably decided to ship him off to Alabama to be killed.”

Frazier’s attorneys say his execution in Alabama violates the Michigan Constitution.

Frazier’s lawyers have said that the agreement between the Michigan and Alabama governors wasn’t legal and that they want Frazier sent back to Michigan – where there is no death penalty. One of Frazier’s attorneys wrote a letter to Michigan Gov. Whitmer in November saying that Frazier is in the legal custody of the Michigan Dept. of Corrections and that executing him in Alabama would violate the state constitution.

They had filed an appeal to have Frazier sent to Michigan but dropped the request when Michigan AG Dana Nessel said that Michigan didn’t seek his return – and that the transfer from Michigan to Alabama was appropriate and legal under Michigan law. Additionally, the Michigan Department of Corrections says in a court filing that the state “does not seek to return Frazier to a Michigan correctional facility.”

Frazier’s mother, Carol Frazier, has also made an emotional appeal to Whitmer pleading for her son’s transfer back to Michigan to serve his life sentences, thereby avoiding execution in Alabama. “Please bring my son back to Michigan,” she pleaded. “Please don’t let Alabama kill my son if you can stop it…I know my son has changed. Demetrius has repented. He has asked God for forgiveness. He has also told me he has made a mistake and wish he could take it back.”

Governor Whitmer’s office has remained silent about the issue, declining to comment; however, back in December, it was reported that a staffer said she would not be intervening in the case.

Other angles to stop the execution.

Meanwhile, legal efforts to halt the execution have hit other roadblocks. Frazier’s attorneys filed a federal appeal to block the use of nitrogen hypoxia – a relatively new and controversial execution method – citing concerns over its humaneness. However, Chief District Judge Emily C. Marks denied the request, stating that Frazier failed to demonstrate that the method is unconstitutionally cruel or causes significant psychological distress.