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By Dakin Andone, Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN

Alabama death row inmate James Barber was executed early Friday morning after the US Supreme Court denied his request for a stay, despite his claim that lethal injection could result in cruel and unusual punishment.

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Alabama on Thursday planned to execute a man convicted of beating an elderly woman to death two decades ago, marking th...

Alabama death row inmate James Barber was executed early Friday morning after the US Supreme Court denied his request for a stay, despite his claim that lethal injection could result in cruel and unusual punishment.

Alabama on Thursday planned to execute a man convicted of beating an elderly woman to death two decades ago, marking the states first execution since February when Governor Kay Ivey gave the...

Alabama plans to execute an inmate for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state seeks to carry out its first lethal injection after a pause following a

(CNN) — An Alabama death row inmate has asked a federal appeals court to stop his execution scheduled for this week, arguing the state hasn’t made sufficient changes to its

An Alabama death row inmate has asked a federal appeals court to stop his execution scheduled for this week, arguing the state hasn’t made sufficient changes to its capital punishment system after problems relating to several other scheduled lethal injections prompted a three-month pause on executions.

James Barber, 64, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday, July 20.

James Barber is set to be put to death in Alabama Thursday night unless an appeals court intervenes, and he will be the first prisoner the state executes since a series of botched...