RARE PHOTOS: James barber - The Real Truth

Out of breath, sweaty and with aching legs - training at the high-tech gym elite climbers use to prepare for Mount Everest is exhausting

The Altitude Centre is used by the world's best athletes to sharpen their bodies and prepare for the mountains – I was shattered after just one session

Advnture · Aug 7, 2025

Alabama executes man by nitrogen gas for the first time in the U.S.

Kenneth Smith, 58, died at 8:25 p.m. Thursday, after a slew of last-minute appeals to several courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, failed.

WEKU · Jan 26, 2024

Alabama man executed following pause on lethal injections

It was the first execution carried out in Alabama this year after the state halted executions in November

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Alabama to carry out first lethal injection after review of execution procedures

Alabama plans to execute an inmate for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state seeks to carry out its first lethal injection after a pause following a string of problems with inserting the IVs

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

Alabama due to resume executions despite botching three last year

James Barber due to die on Friday but granddaughter of Dorothy Epps, the woman he murdered, doesn’t want it to happen

The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2023

Alabama's first execution since they were paused last November may proceed on Thursday, court says

A federal appeals court has refused to stop an upcoming execution in Alabama

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

Alabama Isn't Ready To Kill Inmates By Nitrogen Hypoxia. It Wants To Try Anyway.

James Barber is set to be killed next month, the first execution after a string of botched lethal injection executions in the state.

Reason · Jun 27, 2023

Predator arrested at nursery after sending sick messages to young 'girls'

James Barber was arrested by police officers at the nursery where he worked as a cook

Daily Record · May 17, 2023

Alabama Schedules First Execution After Monthslong Moratorium and 'Sham' Investigation

After an array of botched and unsuccessful executions, the state's Department of Corrections says its ready to start executing inmates again.

Reason · May 12, 2023

Alabama rushing to resume executions

Top state officials seem more interested in killing more killing than in fixing their gruesome mistakes

Salon · Feb 28, 2023