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Thread: Joe Nathan James, Jr. - Alabama Execution - July 28, 2022

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    Joe Nathan James, Jr. - Alabama Execution - July 28, 2022




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    Sentenced to death in 1996 and then resentenced to death again after a retrial in 1999 for the burglary and shooting death of his former girlfriend, Faith Hall, on August 15, 1994 in Jefferson County.

    The State's evidence at James's 1999 retrial tended to show that on August 15, 1994, James shot and killed Hall. Tammy Sneed testified that she and Hall had been out shopping and were returning to Sneed's apartment on August 15, 1994, when they noticed that James, whom Hall had dated, was following them in a vehicle. They parked at the apartment complex and Hall ran into Sneed's apartment. Bridget Gregory, a neighbor of Sneed's, testified that she saw them arrive and that she, Sneed, and Hall went to Sneed's apartment to talk about what to do about James. James had been following Hall since the two had stopped dating. After some discussion Gregory decided to go to her apartment and telephone the police. Sneed did not have a telephone in her apartment. Gregory said that when she opened the door to Sneed's apartment James pushed past her and entered the apartment armed with a pistol. She said that James confronted Hall about the man she had been out with the night before. Hall begged James to put the gun down because there were children in the apartment. Gregory testified that James pointed the gun at Hall, that he shot her, and that when Hall fell to the floor James shot her again. James then ran out the back door of the apartment. Sneed also testified that she witnessed James shoot Hall.

    http://caselaw.findlaw.com/al-court-...s/1521302.html

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    Alabama Supreme Court gives death row inmate another review

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has told a lower court to take another look at a death penalty case from Jefferson County.

    The Supreme Court issued a 7-0 order Friday directing the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals to make another review of claims by Joe Nathan James Jr. that he had ineffective legal representation in his capital murder trial in June 1999 in Jefferson County.

    James was convicted of the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, Faith Hall, on Aug. 15, 1994. He was sentenced to death after the jury voted 10-2 for execution.

    http://www.cbs42.com/content/localne....cspx?rss=1659

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    The state appeals court upheld the death sentence of 38-year-old Joe Nathan James for the August 15, 1994 shooting death of his former girlfriend, Faith Hall in Jefferson County. James argued he had had ineffective counsel.

    http://www.cbs42.com/content/localne....cspx?rss=1659

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    On October 29, 2010, James filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/ala...v02929/133631/

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    On September 30, 2014, James' habeas petition was DENIED in Federal District Court.

    http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal...2929/133631/27

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    On April 24, 2017, James filed an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci.../ca11/17-11855

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    On October 21, 2019, oral argument will be heard in James' appeal before the Eleventh Circuit.

    http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/d...29_James_0.pdf

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    Joe Nathan James v. Warden, Holman Correctional Facility

    In today's opinions, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals AFFIRMED the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals DENIAL of James’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim.
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    The panel was made up of Judges Ed Carnes (G.H.W. Bush), Martin (Obama) and Grant (Trump).

    http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opini.../201711855.pdf

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    On April 28, 2020, James’ appeal was denied by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal...020-04-28.html
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