Deaths in Custody
Executed

James Barber

64 years old · died July 21, 2023 · Holman Correctional Facility, Escambia County, Alabama

James Barber, 64, told his family he loved them, and his brother Glen Barber witnessed his execution. In a final statement he wrote of finding faith. The Alabama Department of Corrections said the state executed him by lethal injection at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore on July 21, 2023. The U.S. Supreme Court declined, by a 6-3 vote, to stop the execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Alabama Attorney General's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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