{"id":1979173,"date":"2023-07-21T04:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T08:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-barber-executed-alabama-carries-out-first-lethal-injection-since-pause\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T04:31:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T08:31:54","slug":"james-barber-executed-alabama-carries-out-first-lethal-injection-since-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-barber-executed-alabama-carries-out-first-lethal-injection-since-pause\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama executes James Barber, marking the state&#8217;s first lethal injection since the pause."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjames-barber-executed-alabama-carries-out-first-lethal-injection-since-pause%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Alabama Executes Convicted Murderer James Barber<\/h2>\n<p>Convicted murderer James Barber was executed early \u200cFriday morning by the \u2064state of\u2063 Alabama, marking the state&#8217;s first lethal injection since the temporary\u2063 halt on\u2064 capital punishment was lifted in February. This decision came\u200d after a thorough \u200breview of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debt-and-why-the-fed-is-trapped\/\" title=\"Debt\u2014and Why the Fed Is Trapped\">previous failed attempts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Kay Ivey (R-AL) had paused executions in November due to difficulties with IV insertions, as reported by the Associated \u200cPress. After conducting an internal review of the mishaps, the pause was lifted three \u200dmonths later, allowing lethal injections to resume. Despite Barber&#8217;s request to block his \u200dexecution, citing concerns about past failures and potential harm, the U.S. Supreme Court denied his application in a \u20646-3 ruling. The \u2064three liberal \u2063justices dissented, arguing that Barber should not be Alabama&#8217;s &#8220;guinea pig.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alabama \u200bAttorney General Steve Marshall \u2064confirmed that Barber was executed \u2063shortly before 2 a.m. on Friday. The 64-year-old\u2062 had been on death row for nearly two decades for the 2001 robbery \u200band murder of Dorothy Epps, a 75-year-old homeowner whom Barber knew from his work as a \u200chandyman, according to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have \u2062a fair amount of trepidation about the process that they obviously haven&#8217;t perfected \u2014 to be at their hands and be the first one after they didn&#8217;t do\u200c a true review of\u200b the protocol \u200dand made no real changes,&#8221; Barber expressed his fears about the execution method in an interview with the outlet last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Originally scheduled\u2063 for Thursday evening, Barber&#8217;s execution was delayed pending a Supreme Court ruling on whether it could proceed, as reported by \u2062local investigative reporter Lee Hedgepeth. The state&#8217;s lawyers argued that the highest\u2062 court\u200d should not have taken \u200dup the case at all.<\/p>\n<h3>Renewed Debate on \u2064Capital Punishment<\/h3>\n<p>Barber&#8217;s execution has reignited the debate on the morality of capital punishment, as evidenced by the Supreme \u200bCourt&#8217;s ruling that largely fell along partisan lines. Liberals tend\u200b to view it as unjust, believing in the possibility of\u2062 rehabilitation even \u2064for the most violent offenders, while conservatives argue that it is a necessary measure in rare cases.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, 27 states still have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-woman-on-death-row-request-president-trump-grant-clemency-a-week-before-execution\/\" title=\"Lawyers for woman on death row request President Trump grant clemency a week before execution\">death penalty<\/a>, with three of them\u200c imposing a governor-imposed moratorium. On the other hand, 23\u2064 states \u2063have abolished\u2063 capital punishment, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. While not an exact correlation, states leaning \u2062right, like Alabama,\u200d generally allow \u200dfor \u2063capital punishment, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-barber-executed-alabama-carries-out-first-lethal-injection-since-pause\/\" title=\"Alabama executes James Barber, marking the state's first lethal injection since the pause.\">states leaning left tend<\/a>\u2064 to have abolished the practice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more\u200b from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Barber, a convicted murderer, was executed in Alabama on Friday. This marked the state&#8217;s first lethal injection since the temporary halt on capital punishment was lifted in February. Governor Kay Ivey had paused executions in November due to issues with IV insertion. 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