James Barney Hubbard, 74, was executed August 5, 2004 at 6:36 p.m. by lethal injection at Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama for the January 10, 1977 murder of Lillian Montgomery, 62.
Hubbard first went to prison in 1957 for a second-degree murder conviction in the death of David Dockery in Tuscaloosa County. He was released in 1976 and killed again the next year. His second victim, 62-year-old store owner Lillian Montgomery, was shot three times and robbed of her gold and diamond wristwatch and about $500 in cash and checks. Montgomery had befriended Hubbard and "sponsored" him to gain his release in 1976. Hubbard moved into her home next door to the store she ran in Tuscaloosa. Hubbard said he had been drinking whiskey with Montgomery and claimed she committed suicide, calling the police to report the shooting. She died as the result of three gunshot wounds, one to the face, one to the head, and one to the shoulder. A difficult accomplishment as a suicide. Hubbard was the oldest inmate to be executed since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
James Barney Hubbard, 74, was executed August 5, 2004 at 6:36 p.m. by lethal injection at Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama for the January 10, 1977 murder of Lillian Montgomery, 62.
Hubbard first went to prison in 1957 for a second-degree murder conviction in the death of David Dockery in Tuscaloosa County. He was released in 1976 and killed again the next year. His second victim, 62-year-old store owner Lillian Montgomery, was shot three times and robbed of her gold and diamond wristwatch and about $500 in cash and checks. Montgomery had befriended Hubbard and "sponsored" him to gain his release in 1976. Hubbard moved into her home next door to the store she ran in Tuscaloosa. Hubbard said he had been drinking whiskey with Montgomery and claimed she committed suicide, calling the police to report the shooting. She died as the result of three gunshot wounds, one to the face, one to the head, and one to the shoulder. A difficult accomplishment as a suicide. Hubbard was the oldest inmate to be executed since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
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