James Barber's last words before Alabama execution
James Barber died by lethal injection at a South Alabama prison on Friday in the first execution carried out in the state this year after it halted executions…
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James Barber died by lethal injection at a South Alabama prison on Friday in the first execution carried out in the state this year after it halted executions…
Barber was sentenced to death after confessing to having murdered 75-year-old Dorothy Epps with a claw hammer.
Convicted murderer James Barber was executed early Friday morning by the state of Alabama, the state's first lethal injection since its pause on capital punishment was lifted in February after a review of failed attempts.
James Barber was convicted of beating a 75-year-old woman to death with a claw hammer in 2001. A jury recommended the death penalty, which a judge granted.
The Supreme Court's three liberal justices, led by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, rebuked the majority's early Friday decision to allow the execution of an Alabama death row inmate who raised concerns about the state's record of botched lethal injection procedures.