Supreme Court clears the way for Alabama to resume executions
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On Friday morning the Supreme Court declined to block the execution of James Barber, who was sentenced to death in 2003 for the brutal murder of 75-year-old Dorothy Epps. Barber died by lethal injection at a prison in southern Alabama a few hours later. Barber’s execution followed a trio of botched
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Alabama death row inmate James Barber expected to be executed following appeals court ruling
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Supreme Court clears the way for Alabama to resume executions
James Barber, who has been on death row since 2004, is attempting to appeal his coming execution after Alabama put a temporary hold on the death penalty last fall.
An appeals court said Barber's concern that the state will have problems executing him by lethal injection is "purely speculative." But a dissenting judge called him a "guinea pig."
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.
James Barber was executed this morning for the brutal murder of Dorothy Epps in 2001. His execution was carried out at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. “Justice has been served,” said Attorney General Steve Marshall.
On Friday morning the Supreme Court declined to block the execution of James Barber, who was sentenced to death in 2003 for the brutal murder of 75-year-old Dorothy Epps. Barber died by lethal injection at a prison in southern Alabama a few hours later. Barber’s execution followed a trio of botched
Barber, 64, had been on death row for almost 20 years for the 2001 robbery and killing of Dorothy Epps, a 75-year-old homeowner for whom he worked as a handyman.
Alabama inmate James Barber, 64, was put to death by lethal injection in the early morning hours of July 21 for the 2001 murder of 75-year-old Dorothy Epps at her home in Harvest.
