Barbara Stager
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October 30, 1948
Allison Russell Stager III (Russell Stager)
Barbara Stager | |
|---|---|
| Born | Barbara Terry[1] October 30, 1948 |
| Other names | Barbara Ford |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Spouse(s) | Larry Ford Allison Russell Stager III (Russell Stager) |
| Conviction | First degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death; commuted to life imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | Allison Russell Stager III |
| Date | February 1, 1988 |
| Country | U.S. |
| State | North Carolina |
| Location | Durham |
| Weapon | .25 caliber pistol[2] |
Barbara Stager (née Terry; formerly Ford; born October 30, 1948)[3] is an American woman who was convicted in 1989 of murdering her husband, Allison Russell Stager III (Russell Stager), the previous year. Russell was shot while in bed; Barbara reported the shooting as accidental. Her first husband, Larry Ford, had also been killed under similar circumstances a decade earlier.[4][5]
Stager was originally sentenced to death but that sentence was overturned on a procedural issue, and the life sentence she subsequently received by a different jury made her eligible for parole in 2009. She has been denied parole but has privileges which allow her to eat outside the prison complex provided she is accompanied by a court-approved sponsor.[4][6]
