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 ...

An Alabama death row inmate who had long protested his conviction for the 1987 murder of a convenience store clerk succumbed to cancer following an unsuccessful battle to prove his innocence. William ...

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 ...

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, ...

Facing the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, Alabama held firm that an inmate should be put to death despite multiple federal courts ruling he is intellectually disabled. During lengthy ...

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 ...