An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved two bills that would expand the list of criminal offenses eligible for the ...

The legislative session is picking up, and a bill to expand the death penalty is waiting for the full chamber to consider its ...

DAPHNE, Ala. (WKRG) — The death penalty could be on the table for those in Alabama who are found guilty of using a weapon to ...

People convicted of rape or sodomy of a child younger than 12 would face the death penalty under a bill that advanced ...

A state lawmaker who sponsors bills every year to try to reform Alabama’s sentencing laws wants to put a proposal on the ballot for voters. Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, is sponsoring a proposed ...

Right now, anyone convicted of raping or sodomizing a child 5 years old or younger in Alabama can be sentenced to life ...

As Alabama lawmakers begin the new legislative session this week, Governor Kay Ivey is urging the swift passage of the Child ...

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. House Bill 70, ...

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 ...

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 conservative anti-death penalty group is calling on Arkansas to forgo executions, citing concerns about a new form of ...