Court Refuses to Block Execution of Man, 74
From Times Wire Reports
A federal appeals court in Montgomery refused to block the execution of the state’s oldest death row inmate, a killer who robbed and shot a woman who had befriended him.
Hubbard, 74, was scheduled to be executed by injection today, despite pleas from his lawyers, who said he was too old and sick to be put to death. He would be the oldest inmate executed in decades, according to groups that track the death penalty.
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