Albert Hale | |
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 Undated photo of Albert Troy Hale | |
| Born | Albert Troy Hale March 13, 1923 Woolsey, Washington County, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 1997 (aged 73) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Resting place | Elmwood Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Victim of a 1997 murder case |
| Spouse | Unnamed wife |
| Children | Mitchell Hale (son) Ron Hale (son) Patricia A. Carey (daughter) |
| Parent(s) | Rollie S. Hale (father) Doris Hale (mother) |
| Family | Sherman Hale (brother) |
On March 6, 1997, seven days before his 74th birthday, Albert Troy Hale (March 13, 1923 – March 6, 1997) was attacked and murdered by a friend in his house at Oklahoma City over Hale's refusal to give his friend money to buy cocaine. The killer, James Allen Coddington (March 22, 1972 – August 25, 2022), was charged and convicted of the murder, and sentenced to death in 2003. After exhausting all his appeals (which ended in failure) and losing his clemency plea, Coddington, whose death sentence was overturned in 2006 before it was restored in 2008, was executed via lethal injection on August 25, 2022.[1]
- ^ "Oklahoma executes James Coddington by lethal injection for 1997 hammer killing". CBS News. August 25, 2022.