Lawyers for a death row inmate are attempting to show that nitrogen hypoxia executions cause unnecessary suffering.

The Alabama Supreme Court has ordered the execution of death row inmate Geoffrey Todd West to be carried out using nitrogen ...

A judge last month stayed the Aug. 21 execution of David Lee Roberts until a mental evaluation could be conducted to see if Roberts is competent to be executed. The Alabama Department of Corrections ...

An Alabama death row inmate's murder conviction has been called into question by recent forensic tests that show another man's DNA on the victim's body. Decades after he was originally found guilty ...

A federal judge has ordered a new trial for an Alabama man on death row who argued that DNA evidence shows he's innocent. Chief U.S. District Judge Emily C. Marks last week ruled that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay ...

Two Alabama lawmakers have officially prefiled bills that would expand death penalty-eligible cases in the state.

Utah prosecutors said on Tuesday they will seek the death penalty for the trade school student suspected of assassinating ...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An inmate once called the "Houdini" of Alabama's death row for escaping seven past execution dates through legal challenges was put to death early Friday for a 1982 murder-for-hire ...

An Alabama death row inmate’s murder conviction has been called into question by recent forensic tests that show another man’s DNA on the victim’s body. Decades after he was originally found guilty ...