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Oklahoma executed Death Row inmate Jemaine Cannon Thursday as Alabama prepares to execute James Barber.

A 51-year-old man was executed by lethal injection in the western US state of Oklahoma on Thursday for stabbing a woman to death nearly 30 years ago, officials said.Jemaine Cannon, who was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, is one of two death row inmates scheduled to die on Thursday.

James Barber, an inmate who beat a woman to death in 2001, is scheduled to be executed Thursday in Alabama's first lethal injection in months.

Amid fears of another botched execution, Alabama plans to put James Barber to death on Thursday or early Friday after a federal appeals court upheld a decision not to halt his execution 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 state's first execution since February when Governor Kay Ivey gave the go-ahead for executions to resume following a review. James Barber, 64, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection after 6 p.m. local time on Thursday at the William Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama.

Jemaine Cannon, who was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, is one of two death row inmates scheduled to die today.

James Barber is scheduled to be put to death Thursday evening at a south Alabama prison. Gov. Kay Ivey paused executions in November to conduct an internal…

Alabama can proceed with its plan to put to death Barber on Thursday evening — its first execution since a pause on capital punishment prompted by a series of failed lethal injection attempts was lifted.

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 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.