May 30
ALABAMAexecution
Christopher Price executed in Alabama on Thursday; apologizes to victim’s
family
Hours before Alabama death row inmate Christopher Price was executed Thursday
for the slaying of a minister 28 years ago, he apologized for that horrific
crime in a
May 16
ALABAMAexecution
Alabama executes Michael Samra, convicted of killing 4 in 1997
An Alabama death row inmate was executed by lethal injection Thursday night,
more than 22 years after the quadruple slaying of a family in Pelham.
Michael Brandon Samra, 42, was executed at
April 4
ALABAMAnew death sentence
Convicted murderer given death penalty in Tuscaloosa court
A judge has sentenced convicted killer Michael Belcher to death for his role in
the torture and beating death of Samantha Payne.
Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Judge Brad Almond followed
March 6
ALABAMA:
Alabama Prisoner Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review of Attorney Conflict of
Interest Case
Whose interests does a lawyer represent, the capital defendant whose life is at
stake or the abusive father paying for his defense? Alabama death-row prisoner
Nicholas Acklin is
February 10
ALABAMA:
Execution raises uncomfortable constitutional questions
The State of Alabama put a man to death Thursday. He was the 217th person to
die under the state’s death penalty – the 64th execution since a moratorium on
executions in Alabama was lifted in 1983.
Dominique
February 8
ALABAMAexecution
Alabama executes Domineque Ray for 1995 Selma murder
Alabama death row inmate Domineque Ray died by lethal injection Thursday
evening.
Prison officials recorded his time of death as 10:12 p.m.
Ray was executed after an 11th-hour ruling from the U.S.
February 5
ALABAMAimpending execution
Judge Denies Muslim death row Inmate's '11th-Hour' Requests for Imam in
Execution Chamber, Plea for Gas
Once a stay was tossed, a devout Muslim inmate on Alabama’s death row who is
set to be executed on February 7 failed to sway a federal
January 27
ALABAMAimpending execution
Alabama Gives Dominique (Domineque) Ray Execution Date of February 7, 2019
Dominique (Domineque) Ray is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CST, on Thursday,
February 7, 2019, at the Holeman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama.
Dec. 11
ALABAMA:
Family of Lauren Burk hopeful death sentence will stay for convicted
killerLockhart convicted of killing 18 year old Lauren Burk
A vicious murder of an Auburn University student more than 10 years ago is
resurfacing today.
Lauren Burk was kidnapped in a dorm
October 13
ALABAMAnew death sentence
Derrick Dearman sentenced to death for 2016 Citronelle slayings
Derrick Dearman, a man who killed 5 people and 1 unborn baby in killing spree
in Citronelle, was sentenced to death Friday.
Dearman was found guilty during a trail trial and the
July 28
ALABAMA:
Alabama death row inmate denied rehearing after conviction, sentence upheld
An Alabama death row inmate who was convicted of capital murder for fatally
shooting a Montgomery police officer during a traffic stop has been denied an
application for rehearing,
June 17
ALABAMA:
High court says no to Doster case
The Alabama Supreme Court has declined to review the death penalty case of
Oscar Roy Doster, who is on the state's death row in Holman Prison for a 2002
Covington County murder.
According to its weekly order list issued Friday,
Feb. 27
ALABAMA:
Death Penalty Madness in Alabama
A man suffering from cancer strapped to a gurney after spending 30 years on
death row in Alabama. An intravenous team probing him, jabbing him, for hours
in an attempt to find a usable vein to administer the lethal, secret drug
Nov. 5
ALABAMA:
Appeals court affirms death row inmate's conviction, but 'disturbed' by former
Alabama DA's conduct
A federal appeals court has called a former Alabama prosecutor's behavior
"unconstitutional and unethical" in a 1997 death penalty case.
The U.S. 11th Circuit Court
Oct. 17
ALABAMAstay of impending execution
Execution stayed for Alabama man convicted of killing cop
A federal court granted a stay of execution for Alabama death row inmate Torrey
Twane McNabb, who was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday.
The order was issued on
Sept. 6
ALABAMA:
11th Circuit breathes new life into Alabama lethal injection challenge
A federal appeals court gave new life to a lawsuit filed by Alabama death row
inmates against the state government's lethal injection protocol.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday
June 6
ALABAMA:
Rowe worried about losing judges with new act passed by legislature
Walker County's legislative delegation voted against a new act that one House
member fears could lead to the county losing some of its judges in a
redistribution effort.
The act was passed by the
May 22
ALABAMAimpending execution
Alabama death row Inmate Tommy Arthur Pleads for 8th Reprieve
7 times, Tommy Arthur has escaped death. With his 8th execution date less than
a week away, he phoned from an Alabama prison to talk about the increasingly
slim chance that his lethal
Feb. 6
ALABAMA:
Alabama's judicial override system must end
Lost in a flurry of other news from Washington D.C., the Supreme Court last
Monday refused to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of Alabama's
capital punishment scheme. Judges in Alabama are legally able to override
Nov. 9
ALABAMA:
Death sentence challenged in 2004 Dothan capital murder case
A man convicted of capital murder in the 2004 beating death of a 64-year-old
cancer patient is challenging his death sentence on multiple grounds, but state
prosecutors believe a judge and jury relied on
Sept. 21
ALABAMA:
"An eye for an eye makes us all blind."
Photographer Toshi Kazama's photographs of execution chambers, death row
inmates and victims' families show the reality of the death penalty that most
of us don't see. He also asks a very important question to people who
July 3
ALABAMA:
Morgan County judge denies motion to rule death penalty unconstitutional
If found guilty in a trial scheduled for Aug. 22, a capital murder defendant
could face the death penalty despite a defense effort to have the state's death
penalty law declared unconstitutional.
May 15
ALABAMA:
With Vernon Madison's execution in limbo, are Christians conflicted over the
death penalty?
How do we, as Christians, reconcile the death penalty with "Thou shalt not
kill"?
I may be living in the very worst part of the country to bring this up - or
maybe, in
May 11
ALABAMAimpending execution
Stay of Execution denied for death row cop killer
A Mobile County Circuit Judge denied a stay of execution for Vernon Madison.
He's one of Alabama's longest serving death row inmates.
Madison was convicted of the 1985 killing of Mobile Police
May 1
ALABAMA:
Alabama court upholds 4 death sentencesIncluding man who killed 3
Birmingham officers
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the death sentence of a man
convicted of killing 3 Birmingham police officers more than a decade ago.
The judges rejected the
April 6
ALABAMAnew execution date
May execution date set for convicted Mobile cop killer
Alabama has set the execution date for Vernon Madison, a death row inmate
convicted in the 1985 death of a police officer in Mobile County.
The Alabama Supreme Court issued the order setting
March 30
ALABAMA:
Alabama's Death Penalty Needs to Go
Shannon Rae McKenzie had never heard of judicial override when she was summoned
for jury duty back in 2010. During jury selection, McKenzie said, the defense
and prosecution asked her whether she could "ever sentence a man to
March 23
ALABAMA:
Mother, boyfriend, charged in 22-month-old's death
Shannon Dale Gargis took a long breath and let out a sigh when Franklin County
District Judge Paula McDowell told him he would face the death penalty.
Seconds later, standing in front of McDowell, dressed in a
Feb. 17
ALABAMA:
DA seeks death penalty in home invasion death of elderly Cusseta man
The 3 men accused of killing a Cusseta, AL man in his home last month made a
court appearance on Wednesday.
A district attorney will seek the death penalty as their cases were bound over
to a
Jan. 21
ALABAMAimpending execution
Governors almost never stop executionsFor decades Alabama death row inmates
died in the state's electric chair and it was rare for a governor to commute a
sentence then or now
As he prepared himself for death in his final years, Alabama
Jan. 14
ALABAMA:
Expert: Lethal injection consciousness check 'inadequate'
In a lawsuit challenging Alabama's death penalty protocol, Dr. Alan Kaye, chair
of Louisiana State University's Department of Anesthesiology, testified
Wednesday that the "consciousness check" used by the
Jan. 2
ALABAMA:
Lawyers for man accused of killing toddler in 'ritual' argue against death
penalty
Lawyers for a Gadsden man accused of killing his toddler daughter in 2013 with
either a sword or knife have filed several motions to prevent his execution if
he is convicted.
Nov. 24
ALABAMAnew executiondate
Alabama Supreme Court sets execution date for man in 1992 Homewood rape and
murder
The Alabama Supreme Court today set Jan. 21 as the execution date for death row
inmate Christopher Brooks, who was convicted in the 1992 rape and murder of a
Nov. 16
ALABAMA:
2013 capital murder to begin today
The capital murder case of a man accused of killing a former Deshler High
School volunteer coach during Thanksgiving 2013 is scheduled to begin today.
Court officials said jury selection in the capital murder case of Jeremy
Oct. 26
ALABAMA:
2 local capital murder trials set to begin Monday
Lawyers are expected to start jury selection this week in separate capital
murder cases in 2 Wiregrass counties.
Attorneys Shaun McGhee and T.J. Haywood confirmed they will start jury
selection Monday for their
Oct. 20
ALABAMA:
VanPelt's application for new hearing denied
A Colbert County man on death row in connection with the 2004 death of his
wife, has been denied a new hearing.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals issued the ruling in the case of Kim
VanPelt.
VanPelt, 54, of
Aug. 28
ALABAMA:
Charge against Columbiana man in death of girlfriend changed to capital murder
A Columbiana man now faces the possibility of a death penalty if convicted in
the July death of his girlfriend.
The Shelby County District Attorney's Office late Thursday filed a document
Aug. 22
ALABAMA:
'Unhinged' Woman Gets Death For Boy's Murder
Heather Leavell-Keaton cooked anti-freeze into the food of 3-year-old Chase
DeBlase and his sister Natalie.
A woman has been sentenced to death by lethal injection for the 2010 murder of
her common-law husband's
July 26
ALABAMA:
Some relatives have followed the path to death row
It's possible, a district attorney said last week that, after a long legal
trail, John Barry Hubbard could follow in the footsteps of his father, to
Alabama's death row.
Hubbard and his cousin, Gary Wade Rowland,
June 23
ALABAMA:
Huntsville man indicted in choking, beating death of 3-year-old son
A Huntsville man has been indicted in the alleged choking and beating that left
his 3-year-old son dead in 2013.
Maurice Antionne Cartwright, 35, is charged with capital murder in the death of
May 24
ALABAMA:
'I refuse to give them my joy': Man released after 28 years on death row
describes new life of freedomRay Hinton 28 years on death row for 2 1985
murders that occurred during separate robberies of fast-food restaurants in
Birmingham
In his 1st day free, after
May 16
ALABAMA:
Huntsville man who confessed to strangling wife and son has death penalty trial
set
A Huntsville man facing a possible death sentence in the killings of his wife
and young son is set to go on trial Feb. 22, 2016.
Madison County Circuit Judge Donna Pate today
May 15
ALABAMA:
Alabama bought lethal injection drugs on black market, feds seized them, report
says
A year ago, Alabama officials admitted for the 1st time that the state had run
out of at least 1 of the 3 drugs it uses for lethal injections.
Now we know why.
Alabama, like
April 16
ALABAMA:
Death penalty trial date moved for man charged with strangling 91-year-old
neighbor
The death penalty trial for a Huntsville man charged with killing his
91-year-old neighbor has been pushed back from May to November.
John Clayton Owens, 31, is charged with
April 13
ALABAMA:
Anthony Ray Hinton among small club of exonerated death row inmates
That's the number of American death-row inmates who have been exonerated while
still alive since 1973, according to an anti-death penalty editorial by the New
York Times Editorial Board.
The
April 5
ALABAMA:
Prosecutors Will 'Answer To God' For Putting Innocent Man On Death Row
Anthony Ray Hinton, 58, spent half his life on Alabama's death row, sentenced
to die for 2 1985 murders that for decades he insisted he did not commit.
Over 28 years, the outside world
Jan. 3
ALABAMA:
Legislature to consider bringing back Alabama's famed 'Yellow Mama' electric
chair
For 3/4 of a century (1927-2002), executions in Alabama were carried out using
an electric chair dubbed Yellow Mama, a nickname it was given after being
covered in the same paint used
Dec. 16
ALABAMA:
Sumter County jury recommends death penalty for New Orleans man in
murder-for-hire
A Sumter County jury voted last week to recommend the death penalty to a New
Orleans man hired to kill 31-year-old Sumter County resident Detrick Bell in
2012.
Earlier this month,
Dec. 10
ALABAMA:
Hearing to decide if John DeBlase will be sentenced to death rescheduled
The sentencing hearing for John DeBlase, who is facing death after being
convicted in November in the deaths of his children, has been reset for 2:30
p.m. Jan. 8.
The hearing was scheduled to be
Oct. 25
ALABAMA:
Federal judge again rules man competent to stand trial in 2007 Bessemer bank
robbery and teller deaths
A man charged in the 2007 shooting deaths of 2 tellers during a Bessemer bank
robbery is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Friday.
The trial of
Oct. 15
ALABAMA:
Hunger of 'bloodthirsty beast' clouds executions
We in America grieve with the families of those victims who were beheaded by
ruthless jihadists of the Islamist State. Although President Obama and Congress
have sparred over a plethora of issues in the past, they both
Oct. 13
ALABAMA:
Trial of father accused of poisoning his young children and dumping their
bodies set to finally begin
It has been more than 4 years since young siblings Natalie and Chase DeBlase
were brutally killed and dumped alongside county roads in Mobile and Jackson
County,
Oct. 9
ALABAMA:
Federal suit seeks to block Alabama execution
An Alabama death row inmate has filed a federal lawsuit arguing that the
state's new lethal injection drug combination has never been tried on any
prisoner in the United States and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
Sept. 12
ALABAMA:
Alabama adopts new death penalty protocolGovernor's office says DOC ready
to carry out execution orders
The state said in filings with the Alabama Supreme Court Thursday that it has
established a new death penalty protocol, using a new sequence of drugs.
Sept. 1
ALABAMA:
Alabama death row inmate Jason Sharp seeks new trial in 1999 rape-murder
The long-running case of Jason Sharp, who is on Alabama's death row in the 1999
killing of a Huntsville nurse, has taken another turn, with Sharp arguing his
conviction and sentence should be
July 23
ALABAMA:
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for double-murder suspect
A double-murder suspect in the Shoals spent Wednesday afternoon in court.
Mark Montgomery is charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of Clo
Stoner and Joanna Butler. It happened earlier this year
May 15
ALABAMA:
Alabama Attorney General's Office asks appeals court to reconsider ruling in
Mobile capital case
The Alabama Attorney General's Office on Thursday asked an appeals court to
reverse its decision overturning a capital murder conviction in Mobile.
Requests for courts
April 17
ALABAMA:
Jury to consider death penalty for Birmingham woman after guilty verdict in
2011 slaying
A jury will be asked to consider whether to recommend Katrina Porter be put to
death after convicting her this morning of capital murder in the 2011 brutal
beating and shooting
April 4
ALABAMA:
Death penalty secrecy bill fails; Proposal would have masked identity of
manufacturers of execution drugs
Lawmakers were unable to approve a bill Thursday that would have masked the
names of individuals and companies that manufacture drugs used in executions.
The
March 22
ALABAMA:
Lawyer: Court order shouldn't block death penalty info
A lawyer for an inmate on Alabama's death row says a court-ordered
confidentiality clause in her client's case shouldn't prevent the Alabama
Department of Corrections from releasing information on suppliers of
March 18
ALABAMA:
Death penalty secrecy bill headed for Senate committee; state has yet to
release information on death drug sources
A bill that would make information about Alabama's death penalty process,
including the names of manufacturers of the drugs used in lethal injection,
Mar. 6
ALABAMA:
Bill to hide death penalty information may be headed for vote
A bill to make secret the names of people involved in state executions and of
the makers of drugs used in lethal injections could be debated in the Alabama
House of Representatives as early as today.
March 5
ALABAMA:
Huntsville 'cell phone murders' defendants still seeking new trials, related
death penalty bill stalls
A Madison County judge has set an early May deadline for final arguments in
cell phone murders defendant Nick Acklin's bid for a new trial.
Acklin, 42, is on death
Feb. 11
ALABAMA:
Charges upgraded to capital murder against 3 suspects in violent Chickasaw home
invasion
Charges have been upgraded against 3 people accused of beating an elderly
Chickasaw man in his home on Jan. 27 after the 86-year-old died over the
weekend, according to the
Feb. 5
ALABAMA:
George Jones was passionate opponent of Alabama's death penalty (opinion from
Chris Byrd)
A recent unsettling dream awakened me with dread for my long absent friend
George Jones. He and I worked closely together when I coordinated the work of
the Alabama Committee to
Feb. 3
ALABAMA:
Hearing date reset for man facing possible death sentence in fatal beating of
Huntsville artist Wade Wharton
A man facing capital murder charges in the Jan. 15 beating death of admired
Huntsville artist Wade Wharton will have to wait to hear the state's case
against
Jan. 10
ALABAMA:
Madison County DA: Make Alabama death penalty appeals as fast as Texas'
Members of the Madison County District Attorney's office spent last year
looking at ways to speed up the seemingly endless appeals in death penalty
cases.
The result is a new bill spurred by
Nov. 19
ALABAMA:
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of man convicted of killing
Montgomery police officerSotomayor criticizes judicial review of capital
cases, says Alabama judges 'succumb to political pressure'
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear the appeal of
July 11
ALABAMA:
Jury recommends death penalty for Calhoun Co. capital murder suspect
A jury recommends the death penalty for a man convicted of killing a Calhoun
County school teacher.
It took the jury less than 3 hours to recommend that sentence for suspect
Nicholas Smith.
May 9
ALABAMAfemale may face death penalty
Bond denied: Judge denies bond for grandmother accused of killing her
granddaughter
A judge refused to set bond Tuesday for a 48-year-old woman charged with
capital murder in the death of her granddaughter, who prosecutors say was run
April 19
ALABAMA:
Charles Moore Found Guilty of Capital Murder
A jury has just found Charles Arthur Moore guilty of capital murder in the
killing of an elderly couple.
Moore was convicted of 2 counts of capital murder and 1 count of robbery.
The jury will reconvene tomorrow morning
March 4
ALABAMA:
Judge denies motion to bar the death penalty in connection with suspected
homicide
A motion to bar the death penalty was denied at a hearing Monday in connection
with the suspected homicide of Tracy Brown, 44, of Enterprise in 2010.
Circuit Court Judge Sibley
Sept. 25
ALABAMA:
Obese Ohio inmate's attempt to avoid execution as good a reason as any for us
to consider other weighty issues involving death penalty
The story is the kind that makes you laugh, even though you know you shouldn't.
To make a long story short: An Ohio inmate claims he
Sept. 6
ALABAMAnew death sentence
Judge Sentences Jessie Phillips To Death Penalty
Thursday morning, a Marshall County judge sentenced Jessie Phillips to the
death penalty.
Phillips, 32, of Albertville, was convicted in June of killing his wife, who
was eight weeks pregnant.
Sept. 1
ALABAMAnew death sentence
Jury recommends death penalty for Derek Horton in 2010 Grand Bay slaying
A jury this afternoon recommended that Derek Tyler Horton die for the 2010
robbery and murder of a Grand Bay woman inside her trailer home.
After deliberating for more than
Aug. 29
ALABAMA:
EJI Wins Reversal for Death Row Client Mark Brown
On July 30, 2010, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Mark Brown's
conviction and death sentence, ruling that the trial judge illegally instructed
the jury that it could find Mr. Brown guilty of capital
June 26
ALABAMA:
Alabama should join states saying no to death penalty
40 years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court in Furman v. Georgia struck down
the death penalty across the country, saying the inconsistent manner in which
it was applied constituted cruel and unusual punishment
June 21
ALABAMA:
Marshall County Man Could Become 197th Death Row Inmate
A Marshall County man will learn next month if he will face life imprisonment
or the death penalty.
A jury unanimously recommended the death penalty for Jessie Phillips after
convicting him Monday of capital
May 29
ALABAMA:
Alabama Man Freed From Death Row After Proving Prosecutor Illegally Barred
African Americans from Jury Service
On May 18, 2012, Victor Stephens was taken off death row after 25 years and
resentenced to life in prison. The result came after the United States District
Feb. 22
ALABAMA2 new execution dates
Alabama Supreme Court Sets 2 Execution Dates
The Alabama Supreme Court has scheduled execution dates for Tommy Arthur and
Carey Grayson, despite questions about the reliability of their death
sentences.
The court set Tommy Arthur's execution
Jan. 27
ALABAMAnew death sentence
Dothan jury votes for death penalty in triple slaying
Jurors voted unanimously this week to recommend the death penalty for a Dothan
man convicted of killing 3 people at a crack house in 1996.
The Dothan Eagle reports that 40-year-old Jerry Jerome
Jan. 23
ALABAMA:
OUR VIEW: U.S. Supreme Court sends much-needed message to Alabama about how it
treats poor defendants charged with capital crimes
The U.S. Supreme Court sent the state of Alabama at least two messages last
week when justices ruled against the state in the case of
Jan. 22
ALABAMAfemale faces death sentence
Accused UAH shooter Amy Bishop, other Alabama defendants, face challenges in
securing expert witnesses
Under Alabama law, court-appointed attorneys for accused UAH shooter Amy Bishop
have no state funds available to pay expert witnesses
Jan. 20
ALABAMA:
Prosecutors Ponder Death Penalty In Shaffer CaseConvicted Killer Back In
Madison County To Face Capitol Murder Charges, Authorities Say Deadly Rampage
Started In Alabama
Prosecutors say they may end up pursuing the death penalty against a convicted
killer who's
Nov. 4
ALABAMA:
Alabama Appeals Court Grants New Trial to Man Sentenced to Death Based on
Flimsy Evidence
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals today certified its September ruling that
a new trial should be given to an African-American man represented by the
American Civil Liberties
Oct. 20
ALABAMAexecution
US man executed for 6-month-old son's slaying
A man in the state of Alabama has been executed for killing his infant son in
February 2005.
Authorities say Christopher Johnson was pronounced dead at 6:25 p.m. local time
Thursday after receiving a lethal
Feb. 12
ALABAMAimpending execution
US Supreme Court denies stay of Ala. execution
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for Danny Joe
Bradley, who is scheduled to be put to death Thursday for the rape and
strangulation of his 12-year-old stepdaughter.
The 49-year-old
Feb. 12
ALABAMA-execution
Alabama executes Danny Joe Bradley for 1983 assault and slaying of
stepdaughter in Piedmont
Danny Joe Bradley, a resident of Alabama's death row for more than 26
years, was executed by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m.
today at Holman
Feb. 4
ALABAMA:
Execution delay sought for Ala. killer
An attorney for Alabama death row inmate Danny Joe Bradley, who was
convicted in the 1983 rape and murder of his 12-year-old stepdaughter, has
asked a federal appeals court to block his lethal injection scheduled for
next week.
But
Feb. 3
ALABAMA:
Execution delay denied for Alabama killer
A federal appeals court refused Tuesday to block next week's scheduled
execution of Alabama death row inmate Danny Joe Bradley, who was convicted
of the 1983 rape and murder of his 12-year-old stepdaughter.
Prosecutors said the
Jan. 14
ALABAMA:
Alabama is scheduled to put James Harvey Callahan to death this week
James Harvey Callahan is scheduled to die Thursday. But courts have been
asked to step in to spare Callahan from being put to death for the 1982
murder of Rebecca Suzanne Howell of Jacksonville.
It's
Jan. 13
ALABAMAimpending execution
State opposes execution delay while major groups and leaders around the
state, including the Alabama New South Coalition, Alabama Arise and the
Alabama State Conference of the NAACP urge Governor Riley to halt all
executions
Prosecutors have urged
Jan. 5
ALABAMA:
Execute, againIn our opinion
As years go, 2008 did not bring death-penalty advocates many days of
cheer. The eye-for-an-eye form of ultimate justice, halted in many states
while awaiting a high-court ruling, took a figurative year off.
But the debate over the
Dec. 17
ALABAMA:
Dothan man given death sentence
A judge has sentenced 22-year-old Kenneth Adam McKinnis to death for a
fatal shooting at a nightclub near downtown Dothan.
Houston County Circuit Judge Ed Jackson on Tuesday adopted the jury's
recommended penalty instead of giving
Nov. 16
ALABAMA:
Truth On Trial
Decatur, Ala., sitting along the banks of the often murky Tennessee River,
was once a booming river city with a thriving railroad.
Local crime reporter Jonathan Baggs says nothing shattered that quiet city
like the case of 34-year-old Daniel Wade Moore.
Nov. 3
ALABAMA:
Death penalty the topic of Wednesday's forum
A panel discussion after Tuesday's general election will give residents
the opportunity to voice their opinion on the death penalty while
listening to personal accounts of those searching for alternatives.
Bo Cochran, who
Oct. 27
ALABAMA:
Panel to discuss alternatives to death penalty
A panel discussion after general elections will give residents the
opportunity voice their opinion on the death penalty while listening to
personal accounts of those searching for alternatives.
Bo Cochran who spent more
Oct. 5
ALABAMA:
A very important issue in the only state in the country that permits
judges to overrride jury verdicts of life without parole and impose death
sentences without limitation. Approximately 22% of Alabama's death row
received life sentences that were overriden by elected trial
Aug. 21
ALABAMA:
State should save all DNA evidence
Police investigators in Tuscaloosa recently sent off DNA evidence from 26
sexual assault cases, some of them dating back to the 1980s. Tests showed
4 of the rapes were committed by the same person, giving hope these cold
cases might one
July 8
ALABAMA:
Killer seeking delay of execution Arthur says 'new' step merits
challenge
After convicted killer Thomas D. Arthur is strapped to a gurney at Holman
Correctional Facility near Atmore later this month, he'll be given 100
cc's of sodium pentothal.
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