Alabama resumes death penalty

Alabama was set to put James Barber to death July 20 in its first execution since a pause on capital punishment in the state was lifted in February.

Report informs via foreign media that the state had stopped carrying out executions for three months while investigating two previous failed lethal injection attempts on other inmates last year.

Barber, who is 64, was set to die by lethal injection for the beating death of a 75-year-old woman 22 years ago.

A federal appeals court panel July 19 rejected Barber’s request to block his execution over fears he could be subjected to "substantial harm."