A federal district court Friday denied an Alabama death row inmate’s request to delay his scheduled June 11 execution, saying ...

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld lower court decisions vacating the death sentence of Joseph Clifton Smith, ruling that Alabama cannot execute him due to findings of intellectual disability. The 5-4 ...

The execution of an Alabama inmate set to die next week by breathing in nitrogen gas is constitutional and can go forward, a federal judge said. Jeffery Lee is set to die on June 11 at William C.

Juries protect our right to a fair and just trial; replacing the voice of our peers with one judge’s voice is contrary to the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is set to execute a man Thursday evening who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend nearly three decades ago, despite a request from the victim’s family to spare ...

Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived the state’s previous attempt to put him to death by lethal injection in 2022, is scheduled to be ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A Muslim inmate scheduled to be executed next week in Alabama said the state is violating his rights by requiring a Christian prison chaplain to stand near him as he is put to death ...