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Editor’s note: This story is the final in a series of stories about the 2001 death ofCecil Birge in Limestone County and the capital murder case and sentencing that followed. The background in this story is based on News Courier coverage of Kathy Birge’s 2003 trial by former reporter Hebekah Davis.By Jean ColeJean@athensnews-courier.comIt took a Limestone County jury only three hours to convict Kathy Birge of fatally overdosing her husband Cecil for financial gain in 2001.The day verdict was rendered — Aug.25, 2003 — Circuit Judge George Craigsentenced Kathy to life in prison plus 20 years on the theft by deception conviction.She had already pleaded guilty to forgery and received 20 years.Kathy had been in prison for six years when, in 2007, the Alabama Court ofCriminal Appeals reversed her capitalmuchamaLinas i to 1JdietlowdenAthterrandtheoffersChiAth.truipie:heamomuulelt;:cusmg26,trult;KyimoSepboiemhorStO]Frost in the forecast fora nnlrt frnnt ik hrintnnu the eoolestCASA seeks heatBy Ix)Ra Scrippshe;NEWS COURIER/REBECCA CROOMESChildren qrin and giggle at a story told by Donald Davis Wednesday morning during a field trip to the annual Athens Storytelling Festival.Charlie Hughes, owner of U.G. White Mercantile in Athens, talks about the one and only time he played hooky from school during local’s night Tuesday at the Athens Storytelling Festival. Hughes and other notable men from Limestone County stepped on the stage to spin some whoppers.
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