74 year Old Man, Stricken By Dementia, Executed 27 Years After Being Convicted Of Murder.

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Executed, by lethal injection: the 74-year-old so stricken by dementia he forgot who he was

― News Hound, Saturday, 7 August 2004 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)

"Hubbard always denied the killing, saying she had shot herself, even though she suffered three gunshot wounds to the face from a Smith and Wesson .38 revolver."

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 7 August 2004 22:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Sixteen in the clip and one in the hole.

― Les Kaybone, Sunday, 8 August 2004 00:55 (twenty-two years ago)

capital punishment = so dumb

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 8 August 2004 01:21 (twenty-two years ago)

this is a really poorly written article: "The killing for which James Barney Hubbard was convicted happened so long ago that Elvis Presley was still performing live concerts."

But this isn't true, apparently he was convicted and sentenced to death for a killing that happened in 1997. (although then it says he was battling appeal for 27 years. ????)

Not that I agree with capital punishment. I just wish the story didn't have a glaring problem with it's first paragraph.

― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 8 August 2004 02:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I think 1997 is a typo. Later on it says she was last seen alive just after an Elvis concert.

― News Hound, Sunday, 8 August 2004 03:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Mr Montgomery was among six members of the family who attended the execution on Thursday evening. He said the last time he had seen his mother alive was when he went to pick her up to take her to see Elvis perform at the Memorial Coliseum in Tuscaloosa.

Afterwards he told reporters he had been disappointed that Hubbard, silent and pale and suffering from cancer, hepatitis and emphysema, chose to make no final words of apology when he was strapped to the gurney (the trolley). He said he appeared to die too painlessly once the combination of three chemicals were released into his veins. "I personally was glad to see this part of our lives end today, and maybe we can get on down the road with some of the things we've been trying to do," he said. "He looked like he was quite comfortable on that gurney. I'd just as soon see the electric chair still in use or maybe the firing squad. It seems like he just dozed off."

― News Hound, Sunday, 8 August 2004 03:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Doncha just love humans.

― Chreiysy (trayce), Sunday, 8 August 2004 04:41 (twenty-two years ago)

the democratic platform this year is anti-death penalty. vote democratic.

― ||amateur!st|| (amateurist), Sunday, 8 August 2004 04:47 (twenty-two years ago)

nah

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 8 August 2004 05:44 (twenty-two years ago)

eleven years pass...

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A2au2VOCMAAmfHQ.jpg

― christmas capybara (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 12 January 2016 21:53 (ten years ago)

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