Alabama is set to execute a death row inmate despite pleas from the victim's family not to
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Alabama is set to execute a man who was convicted of the 1994 murder of Faith Hall Smith despite pleas from the victim's family not to do so.
Joe Nathan James Jr. was convicted and sentenced to death for fatally shooting Smith, 26, who he had dated in the early 1990s. The state of Alabama has set his execution for 6 p.m. Thursday -- but Smith's daughter, Terrlyn Hall, told CNN affiliate WBMA this week that the family hoped James would be sentenced to life in prison without parole instead.
"She was a loving, forgiving person," Hall said of her mother. "I'm quite sure if she was here today, or if she were in this situation, she would want to forgive."
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