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Alabama Executes 74-Year-Old Man

HeadlineAug 06, 2004

The state of Alabama last night executed James Hubbard. He was 74 years old and was suffering from colon and prostate cancer. He was the oldest person ever executed in Alabama and the oldest person executed in the country in over 60 years.

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