The Alabama Attorney General’s Office on Feb. 11 had asked the Alabama Supreme Court to approve Osgood’s execution. The court ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin Meyers, a first for her time in office and the first commutation ...

Governor Kay Ivey announced Friday an official time for the execution of James Osgood for the murder and rape of Chilton ...

If convicted in a double homicide, Melly could be sentenced to death by a non-unanimous jury — a practice with deep roots in ...

Those who had been pushing for that clemency are also shocked the governor granted the first death sentence commutation in Alabama this century. Abraham Bonowitz with the group, Death Penalty Action.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were enough ...

Cuba A Saudi prisoner accused of plotting Al Qaeda’s bombing of the U.S.S. Cole warship in 2000 has signed an offer to plead guilty to avoid a death-penalty trial, his lawyer announced Monday.

stands behind death penalty Mae Puckett, a juror during Myers' original trial, was among those who had called for clemency after the Alabama Supreme Court authorized the execution. "I know he is ...

Gov. Kay Ivey made Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall sad. Not just somewhat sad but “ deeply saddened,” or so Marshall ...

a practice that has since been banned in Alabama. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond asked the U.S. Supreme Court to grant death row prisoner Richard Glossip a new trial due to concerns ...