was hubbard murdered
James Hubbard (murderer) James Barney Hubbard (March 7, 1930 â August 5, 2004) was sentenced to death by the state of Alabama in 1977 for the murder of Lillian Montgomery, with whom he was living after having been released from prison. Hubbard had served a 20-year sentence for murder and called police to report a shooting on January 10, 1977.