James Barney Hubbard, 74, died by lethal injection at 6:36 p

James Barney Hubbard, 74, died by lethal injection at 6:36 p.m. at Holman Prison near Atmore. Hubbard was executed for the 1977 murder of 62-year-old Lillian Montgomery. She had hired Hubbard to pump gas in 1976 when he was paroled from prison, after serving 19 years for a 1957 killing. He was released early for good behavior. According to the Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Hubbard is the oldest person executed in the United States since 1941, when James Stephens of Colorado was executed at age 76. Hubbard becomes the 1st condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Alabama, and the 37th in the USA.