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The Supreme Court early Friday morning allowed Alabama to move forward with its first lethal injection since the state paused executions last year over concerns about the procedure. Convicted murderer James Barber, 64, was pronounced dead at 2:56 a.m. ET, according to the state’s Department of Corrections, nearly two hours after the justices rejected Barber’s…

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed a man on Friday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state resumed lethal injections after failed executions prompted the governor to order an internal review of procedures. James Barber, 64, was pronounced dead at 1:56 a.m. after receiving a lethal injection at a south Alabama […]

Supreme court denies request for stay though dissenting judges say ruling allows state to ‘experiment again with a human life’

It was the first execution carried out in Alabama this year after the state halted executions in November

James Barber was executed for the beating death of Dorothy Epps, 75, in Alabama’s first lethal injection since difficulties inserting IVs led to a halt. Source

Alabama resumed executions by lethal injection, Friday, after the state paused the practice in 2022 to conducted internal reviews concerned  botched attempts.

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Barber's death was the first execution carried out in Alabama this year after the state temporarily halted them in November.

James Barber was executed in Alabama in the early hours of Friday morning for the 2001 murder of a 75-year-old woman as the state resumed lethal injections following a review into their use

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