The use of capital punishment has steadily declined in the United States since its peak in 1996, when 315 death sentences ...

Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, is sponsoring a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow Alabama voters to decide ...

The justices wrestled with whether to allow Alabama to execute a man with low cognitive function, a ruling that could set new ...

The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing Alabama's attempt to execute Joseph Clifton Smith, convicted for a 1997 murder. Lower ...

Public support for the death penalty continues to decline nationwide, even as executions persist in states like Alabama. Alabama remains one of 27 states to still use the death penalty and five people ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with the case of an Alabama man who has been on that state’s death row for more than ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. ( WAFF) - A judge is set to rule on death penalty motions in a DeKalb County murder case in January 2026.

These legal efforts are common in cases involving the death penalty or life in prison, as Petersen and the other inmates have ...

Texas' execution numbers remain far lower than recent state highs, even as executions nationally climbed, driven almost ...