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. S
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
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 Legi
Dec. 8
ALABAMA(temporary) stay of impending execution
Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily stays execution of Alabama death row inmate
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has issued a temporary stay in the death
penalty case of Ronald Smith, an Alabama death row inmate whose execut
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 Offi
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 black-
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 Tuscumbi
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
Nov. 14
ALABAMA:
Why the death penalty could be difficult to pursue against accused killer
William Minton of Foley
Capital murder charges might be difficult to pursue in the murder case against
55-year-old accused killer William A. Minton, but Baldwin County District
Attorney Hallie
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 a
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.
Exec
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 deat
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 12
ALABAMA:
Jury weighing death penalty, life sentence for Birmingham man convicted of
fatally stabbing aunt, 2 cousins
The jury in the capital murder trial of a 20-year-old man charged in the 2010
stabbing deaths of his aunt and 2 cousins has begun deliberating whether to
recom
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 at
Feb. 1
ALABAMA:
How the system failed William Ziegler: Perjured testimony, trashed evidence,
lying jurors
On a cold winter night in February 2000, Russell Allen Baker Jr. ended up dead
from multiple stab wounds in a wooded patch near the Peach Place Inn apartments
on Leroy Stevens R
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
C
Jan. 24
ALABAMA:
Jacob Shaffer, who admitted killing 5 people in Tennessee, will face Huntsville
murder trial in March
Jacob Shaffer, who has already pleaded guilty to killing 5 people in Lincoln
County, Tenn., has been given a March 5 trial date on charges he killed a
Huntsville man
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 f
April 9
ALABAMA:
Supreme Court to hear rape execution case
Both sides are predicting victory when the debate over death sentences for
crime other than murder reaches the U.S. Supreme Court next week.
The high court will hear arguments next Wednesday on a Louisiana man's
appeal of his deat
Jan. 26
ALABAMA:
Inmate recants in bizarre Alabama murder case
A Walker County man who pleaded guilty to murdering 1 of his wife's 3
husbands in a bizarre show of love has recanted his confession, which
helped send the woman to Alabama's death row.
Tim Richards said he was goaded by his
Jan. 9
ALABAMA:
Let's take the time to get the right rules on executions
The U.S. Supreme Court's discomfort with the question of capital
punishment was evident Monday as justices heard arguments over Kentucky's
lethal injection procedure. The division on the court, moreover, seems to
mirr
Feb. 21
ALABAMA:
A legal defense that makes sense
THE ISSUE: An effort to improve the legal representation for poor
defendants in federal court is a step in the right direction - and a step
the state desperately needs to copy.
The idea of ensuring better-quality legal services for poor
August 28
ALABAMA:
A mother's rageA year after her daughter was murdered, Rolande Dean
seeks justice
Brandy Bachelder was killed at her home last August. It has been more than
a year, but the rage Rolande Dean felt that muggy morning in August of
2005 lives on. If anything, it is strong
August 18
ALABAMA:
Jury deadlocked in case of 2003 murder-for-hire
Who is more believable?
An admitted killer and former strip club bouncer or a state inmate and
former police informant?
A person who worked in cell analysis before becoming a firearms
identification expert with the state'
May 18
ALABAMA:
Burton found guilty, avoids death penaltyJury rejects capital murder
charge in wife's burning
A jury convicted Willie Thomas Burton Jr. on charges of universal malice
murder and 1st-degree arson Wednesday in the 2004 death of his wife,
Teresa Burton.
Tracy Wilson, Tere
Oct. 26
ALABAMA:
Assistant AG Crenshaw running for Alabama appeals court
Clay Crenshaw, chief of the attorney general's capital litigation unit,
launched his campaign Tuesday for Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals,
calling for reform on death penalty appeals and promising to make speedy
deci
Sept. 30
ALABAMA:
Appeals Court Upholds Death Sentences
In Montgomery, an Alabama appeals court has upheld the death sentence
given to Alonzo Burgess for the 1993 beating deaths of a Colbert County
woman and her 2 daughters.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Friday upheld Burgess' d
NCADP: National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
John W. Peoples Jr.
Alabama
September 22, 2005
Take action at
www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1148
The State of Alabama plans to execute John W. Peoples Jr., a white man, on
Sept. 22, 2005 for the Ju
April 18
ALABAMA:
Appeals court to review Epps murderJames Barber case to go before
panel in Birmingham
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals will hear oral arguments in
Birmingham this week in the case of convicted murderer James Barber of
Huntsville.
The 5-judge panel will convene
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