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Alabama Prepares to Execute 74-Year-Old Man

HeadlineAug 03, 2004

The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty called yesterday for the governor of Alabama to seek clemency for James Hubbard, a 74-year-old man scheduled to be executed on Thursday. If executed Hubbard will become the oldest person ever executed in Alabama and the oldest person executed in the United States in more than 60 years.

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