An Alabama judge has issued a stay of execution for a convicted killer allegedly diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia while ...

A state judge has stayed an upcoming execution in Alabama to evaluate whether the man is too mentally ill to be put to ...

A state judge has ordered a temporary stay for an Alabama Death Row inmate who is set to die next month for his mental state to be evaluated. The Marion County judge ordered David Lee Roberts’ Aug. 21 ...

The new guidelines are stricter in terms of they weigh an original crime and put more emphasis on behavior in prison.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court delayed the execution of an Alabama inmate on Thursday, saying there should be more time to review his claim that he is no longer competent ...

An Alabama death row inmate convicted of sexually assaulting and killing his girlfriend's cousin was executed by lethal injection Thursday night after Gov. Kay Ivey did not exercise clemency powers.

Ralph Menzies, a death row inmate who was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Maurine Hunsaker in 1986, is set to appear in court on Wednesday.

An Alabama death row inmate plans to represent himself in a final appeal of his sentence in a state court, weeks before his execution. Gregory Hunt, convicted of the 1998 murder and sexual assault ...

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama man convicted of killing a woman in 1988 was put to death Tuesday evening in the nation’s sixth execution by nitrogen gas. Gregory Hunt was pronounced dead at 6:26 p ...