Talk:James Coburn (criminal)

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Problem[edit]

The ESPY pdf lists Coburn's crime as robbery, but the State of Alabama death list has him executed for murder.[1] Is this a discrepancy in records, a flat error, or reflective of original research by an editor looking at the document? --Dhartung | Talk 20:11, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I had come to bring up this issue as well. I went so far as to compose an email to one of the ESPY authors but I think I will look in a newspaper archive first. The Original Research is theirs, well regarded, and published so it is a good reference. Just a simple case of conflicting sources. It is very possible the issue is a robbery/murder where the robbery was proven but the murder was not judged. Dimitrii 20:33, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This article says a James W. Coburn suffered death by electrocution the September 4, 1964 for murder. 2A01:E35:2E0A:CC0:AD30:DD29:BE6F:177F (talk) 22:11, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Notability[edit]

I came to this article out of the blue, interested in the last person in the US to be executed other than for murder. That, and the reference provided, to me clearly establish notability. The discussion above is interesting and, if suitable verification is available, would add to the interest of the article and notability of the individual. Thincat 10:17, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe a merge to Capital punishment in the United States would be appropriate (if the information is verified). That way the information that you were looking for wouldn't be lost. Pan Dan 16:05, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The information is already contained in Capital punishment in the United States, even if unsourced. I will ~~propose deletion of this article now~~ redirect the article to there. --B. Wolterding 07:52, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Thincat above.Amyzex (talk) 16:50, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]