James Hubbard (murderer)
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James Barney Hubbard (March 7, 1930 – August 5, 2004) was sentenced to death by the state of Alabama in 1977 for the murder of Lillian Montgomery, with whom he was living after having been released from prison. Hubbard had served a 20-year sentence for murder and called police to report a shooting on January 10, 1977. He said Lillian had shot herself at her home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She died as the result of three gunshot wounds, one to the face, one to the head, and one to the shoulder. He was executed by lethal injection 27 years after the murder. At age 74, he was the oldest American to be executed in decades.
See also
- Capital punishment in Alabama
- Capital punishment in the United States
- List of people executed in Alabama
General references
- James Barney Hubbard
- La Times Aging, Ill Inmate Is Next in Line for Execution Henry Weinstein December 12, 2005
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