Alabama executes James Barber by lethal injection for 'heinous, atrocious and cruel' murder of Dorothy Epps
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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.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Barber was a handyman who knew Epps through repair work and a previous relationship with her daughter.
Barber was arrested days after the murder and confessed his crimes to police in great detail. He admitted that "the crime was senseless and stupid" and that he deserved "to be charged and put to death" for committing it," according to the attorney general's office.
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