Alabama Resumes Lethal Injections, Executes Man for 2001 Beating Death

Alabama executed James Barber for the 2001 beating death of a woman, resuming lethal injections after a review of procedures. Barber's attorneys had argued against the execution, citing difficulties obtaining intravenous access in previous executions, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against him. Barber confessed to killing the woman with a claw hammer and was pronounced dead after receiving a lethal injection. This was the first execution in Alabama this year after a pause to conduct an internal review.