Alabama executes Joe Nathan James Jr despite opposition from victim’s family
by Associated Press in Montgomery, Alabama from US news | The Guardian on (#61X1J)
James had been sentenced to death in the 1994 shooting of his ex-girlfriend
Alabama has executed a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend nearly three decades ago, despite a request from the victim's family to spare his life.
Joe Nathan James Jr received a lethal injection on Thursday night at a south Alabama prison after the US supreme court on Thursday denied his request for a stay.
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