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

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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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Wednesday in a case that could make it more challenging for convicted murderers to avoid execution by claiming intellectual disability. The case ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Executions rose dramatically in the U.S. this year, and the Gulf South played a key role, a new report shows. While Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama all put people to death, Alabama was in a group ...

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

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 ...

A state lawmaker has prefiled two bills for the 2026 session of the Alabama Legislature that would reduce the number of people on death row and end the practice altogether in the state. HB 70, ...