{"id":1979583,"date":"2023-07-21T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T18:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-executed-james-barber-by-lethal-injection-following-pause-of-death-penalty\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T14:24:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T18:24:46","slug":"alabama-executed-james-barber-by-lethal-injection-following-pause-of-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-executed-james-barber-by-lethal-injection-following-pause-of-death-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama executed James Barber by lethal injection after a temporary halt of the death penalty."},"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\">30<\/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%2Falabama-executed-james-barber-by-lethal-injection-following-pause-of-death-penalty%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=1979583&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo \u200bby Joe Raedle\/Newsmakers)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/shawntel-smith-hill\">Shawntel\u200d Smith-Hill <\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>11:19 AM \u2013 Friday, July 21, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>James Barber was executed early Friday morning at the William \u2062C. Holman Correctional Facility in\u2063 Atmore. \u200bBarber\u2019s execution was done\u200c via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-hollywood-movies-that-snuck-conservative-themes-on-screen\/\" title=\"10 Hollywood Movies That Snuck Conservative Themes on Screen\">lethal injection<\/a> and marks the\u200c continuation of the death penalty in Alabama following a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-executed-james-barber-by-lethal-injection-following-pause-of-death-penalty\/\" title=\"Alabama executed James Barber by lethal injection after a temporary halt of the death penalty.\">failed lethal injection attempts<\/a> in the state.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Department of Corrections\u2063 said\u2064 in a statement that physicians pronounced Barber deceased at 1:56 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p>Barber, who was 64 when he died, was convicted and sentenced\u2064 to death 22 years ago for the murder of 75-year-old-Dorothy Epps, whom Barber \u200cconfessed to bludgeoning to death \u200bwith a claw hammer after \u200drobbing \u200cher\u2064 and fleeing her home in the town\u200d of Harvest, Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court\u200b ultimately rejected Barber\u2019s request for a stay.\u200b Barber expressed concern that\u200c he\u2062 could potentially be subjected to \u201csubstantial\u2062 harm\u201d after \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-state-senator-reported-results-must-be-viewed-as-untrustworthy\/\" title=\"Georgia State Senator: \u201cReported Results Must Be Viewed As Untrustworthy\u201d\">state failed<\/a> to carry out three previous executions by lethal injection.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063execution was confirmed after a federal\u200d appeals court \u200dpanel \u200ddenied Barber\u2019s request in a 2-1 ruling.<\/p>\n<p>State Attorney General Steve Marshall said Barber had been Epps handyman and had a previous relationship with her daughter.\u2063 Marshall \u200bagreed with the 11<sup>th<\/sup> U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals\u2019 ruling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cJustice has been served. This morning, James Barber was put to death for the terrible \u2062crime\u2062 he \u2063committed\u2064 over two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/census-bureau-announces-it-will-miss-deadline-could-undermine-president-trumps-efforts-to-exclude-illegal-aliens-from-congressional-apportionment\/\" title=\"Census Bureau Announces It Will Miss Deadline \u2013 Could Undermine President Trump\u2019s Efforts to Exclude Illegal Aliens from Congressional Apportionment\">decades ago<\/a>: the especially\u200c heinous, atrocious, and \u2064cruel murder of Dorothy Epps,\u201d Marshall said in a statement Friday morning following the execution.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>He continued: \u201cI\u200d ask the people of Alabama to join me\u200d in\u2064 praying for\u200b the victim\u2019s family and friends, that they might \u200cnow be able to find some sense\u2064 of peace \u200dand closure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Republican governor of \u200cAlabama, Kay Ivey (R-Ala.), said that \u2063a \u200c\u201cbrief pause in executions was necessary to make sure that \u200bwe \u200dcan\u2064 successfully deliver \u2064that justice\u200b and that\u200d closure\u201d\u200d to victims\u2019 \u2064families.<\/p>\n<p>Many \u200bcritics of \u2063the state\u2019s capacity to carry out \u200bthese executions cited concerns \u200dthat the three-month-long review of the state\u2019s execution protocols should have been carried out by an\u200b outside agency. At this time, no details about the review\u2019s findings\u2064 have been released.<\/p>\n<p>State Corrections Commissioner \u2062John Hamm said \u200bthat\u200c a\u200c series of internal changes, including new \u2062equipment, increased staffing, and additional rehearsals, were\u200c made after Ivey announced in February that the state was cleared \u2063to \u200bresume executions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alabama prisons commissioner\u200d John Hamm addresses the media after the execution of James Barber. Full eyewitness account: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pY6beMBIDb\">https:\/\/t.co\/pY6beMBIDb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vumOwXMNSE\">pic.twitter.com\/vumOwXMNSE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lee Hedgepeth\u200c (@lee_hedgepeth) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lee_hedgepeth\/status\/1682307874351980544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, \u20622023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your \u200binbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>National Political Correspondent Neil W. McCabe interviewed 2024 Utah Republican \u200dSenate hopeful \u200bTrent Staggs, the mayor of Riverton, \u2062about his \u200bchallenge to Sen. 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John \u200dMills,\u200c  \u200cexposes the\u2064 establishment\u2019s nefarious agenda which seeks\u2062 to weaken America.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Recording Artists Natasha Owens responds to Jason Aldean and CMT \u201ccontroversy\u201d with anti-woke \u2064and\u200b conservative music.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u2063 Georgina Lee and Faith Hung\u2064 HONG KONG\/TAIPEI (Reuters)\u200d -Investors \u2064are \u200dputting aside geopolitical tensions to \u2063pile in to Taiwan stocks, with\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Diane Bartz and Krystal Hu WASHINGTON\/NEW YORK (Reuters) \u2013 Top AI companies including\u200b OpenAI, Alphabet and Meta Platforms have made voluntary\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Sam Nussey and Miho\u200b Uranaka TOKYO (Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan chipmaker Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp aims to list a joint venture being\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) \u2013 OpenAI\u2019s head of trust and safety Dave\u200c Willner is leaving the company, he\u200d said in a LinkedIn post \u2063on\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Barber was executed via lethal injection at the William C. 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