Alabama is asking a federal appellate court to stop the new trial for a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row for ...

The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton — who, according to his attorneys, now ...

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Criminal justice reform advocacy groups plan to support bills targeting parole, prison conditions and the death penalty in the 2026 Alabama legislative session. But advocates also acknowledged that ...

An Alabama death row inmate was executed via a controversial method after uttering three spine-chilling final words, RadarOnline.com can reveal. Todd Boyd, 54, was put to death at the William C.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — An Alabama man serving a life sentence at Donaldson Correctional Facility died over the weekend. 68 ...

A state lawmaker wants to give voters the option of whether to abolish or keep the death penalty in Alabama.

In a civil rights suit filed in federal court in Alabama, lawyers allege that state prison policies make it unconstitutionally difficult for death row inmates to obtain lawyers to draft and file ...

New data from a national watchdog group shows juries nationwide are sentencing fewer people to death, but executions are rising. According to the newly released 2025 report from the Death Penalty ...

David E. [email protected] YORK-Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor is firing back at anti-death penalty lawyers who charge that his state is depriving death row inmates of legal counsel when the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A bill introduced this week by Alabama Representative Chris England proposes asking Alabama voters if they want to end the death penalty in the state. The measure calls for a ...