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James Barber, 64, was pronounced dead at 1:56 a.m. after receiving a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison.

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…

The Supreme Court's three liberal justices criticized conservatives for permitting James Barber's lethal injection execution in Alabama.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by the Supreme Court’s two other liberal justices, publicly dissented from an order that allowed Alabama to move forward with its first execution since a recent pause. Before dawn Friday morning, Alabama executed James Barber, who was convicted of murdering a 75-year-old woman in 2001. Barber had raised concerns about the…

A man was executed Friday in Alabama after he brutally murdered an elderly woman in 2001 inside her own home.

LUCASVILLE, OH—Prison officials were reportedly thrown into a panic on Thursday when a malfunctioning lethal injection cocktail killed a death row inmate on the first try. “Unfortunately, due to an unforeseen error in the injection process, the inmate died immediately and without severe pain,” said Southern Ohio…

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.

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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...

A convicted murderer is to be put to death in Alabama on Thursday in the first use of lethal injection in the southern US state since a series of botched executions last year.Alabama Governor Kay Ivey issued a temporary moratorium on executions last year after problems with lethal injections.