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
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, according
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 Mond
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 vacat
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 app
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 M
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 Gov
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
Homewo
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 client
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 chan
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 Willi
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, Mis
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 to
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,
c
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 Mobile
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 hi
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 McKinni
August 1
ALABAMAimpending execution
Anti-government extremist set for execution Thursday
An anti-government extremist whose common-law wife was executed in 2002
for the murder of an Opelika police officer is scheduled to be put to
death this week for the same killing.
George Sibley Jr
May 28
ALABAMA:
Pilley death penalty affirmed
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously affirmed the death
penalty Friday for Stephen Pilley, convicted killer of 5 people in a
Birmingham lounge in 1994, and ordered or affirmed life sentences in two
other area capital cases.
Pille
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