Man Executed After 26 Years On Death Row

Alabama Rape James Callahan was executed Thursday for the 1982 kidnapping rape and murder of a college student.
by The Associated Press
Published: Thu, January 15, 2009 - 8:06 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, January 15, 2009 - 8:10 pm CST
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - James Harvey Callahan has been executed for
the 1982 kidnapping, rape and murder of a Jacksonville woman.
The 62-year-old Callahan died at 6:24 p.m. Thursday by lethal
injection at Holman Prison for the murder of Rebecca Suzanne
Howell, a 26-year-old Jacksonville State University student.
Callahan had been on death row for nearly 26 years.
He was the first of five inmates set for execution in the first
five months of this year. Alabama had no executions in 2008.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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FastFred
FastFred Says:
Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 9:02 am

You’ve said it all Mom2AngelBaby,I agree 100%.

Mom2AngelBaby
Mom2AngelBaby Says:
Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:22 am

This is just ridiculous! Twenty six years on death row when you know for a fact that he commited the crime. Makes my stomach turn to know my tax money was wasted on the ungodly human being and I’m sure others would agree! I hope god made good judgement for this man.

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