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James Largin was sentenced to death by the State of Alabama for the murders of his parents. According to court documents Largin would go to his parents home where he would rob them of money and credit cards before fatally shooting them. James Largin would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Inmate:	LARGIN, JAMES SCOTT
AIS:	0000Z765
Institution:	HOLMAN PRISON

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James Scott Largin’s murder convictions in the 2007 killings of his parents in Tuscaloosa were upheld Friday by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Attorney General Luther Strange said Monday.

Largin, 46,  was sentenced to death by a Tuscaloosa County judge in 2009, murdered his parents, Jimmy, 68, and Peggy, 56. Before shooting them, he stole their cash and credit cards to purchase crack cocaine, Strange said.

Largin, who was 35 at the time of the killings, allegedly told police investigators that the deaths weren’t “murder … not in the cold-blooded sense,” according to the Alabama attorney general.

He was arrested after University of Alabama police found his parents’ car near the campus a few days after the murders, the Associated Press reported at the time.

Largin was appealing his conviction, and among the testimonies the appeals court heard from were fellow inmates who said the Tuscaloosa man confessed to them that he killed his parents.

A prosecutor at Largin’s original trial said Largin showed no remorse over the murders. The judge agreed with the jury’s recommendation that Largin be given the death penalty. His defense attorneys argued for life in prison without parole

https://www.al.com/news/2015/12/james_scott_largin_tuscaloosa.html

James Largin was sentenced to death and remains on Alabama Death Row for the murders of his parents. According to court documents James Largin would shoot Jimmy, 68, and Peggy, 56 multiple times causing their deaths. James Largin would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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James Largin 2021 Information

Inmate:	LARGIN, JAMES SCOTT
AIS:	0000Z765
Institution:	HOLMAN DEATH ROW

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it won’t hear the appeal of an Alabama death row inmate who was convicted in the 2007 killings of his parents in Tuscaloosa.

James Scott Largin, 46, earlier this year had appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court a December 2015 ruling by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals upholding his conviction and death sentence.

On Monday the high court, without opinion, refused to review his case.

Largin was sentenced to death by a Tuscaloosa County judge in 2009 for his capital murder conviction in the deaths of his parents, Jimmy, 68, and Peggy, 56.

“Peggy and Jimmy Largin were at home on the night of March 15, 2007, when they were shot multiple times with a .22 caliber rifle and their bodies were thrown down the stairs leading to the cellar in their home. Autopsy results showed that both victims died as the result of close-range gunshot wounds to the head,” according to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals ruling.

“This Court has independently weighed the aggravating and the mitigating circumstances as required by (Alabama law) … We are convinced, as was the circuit court, that death was the appropriate sentence for Largin’s capital crimes,” the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals stated in its order.

He was arrested after University of Alabama police found his parents’ car near the campus a few days after the murders, the Associated Press reported at the time.

A prosecutor at Largin’s original trial said Largin showed no remorse over the murders. The judge agreed with the jury’s recommendation that Largin be given the death penalty. His defense attorneys argued for life in prison without parole

https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2017/11/us_supreme_court_rejects_appea_2.html