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An Alabama death row inmate who had long protested his conviction for the 1987 murder of a convenience store clerk succumbed to cancer following an unsuccessful battle to prove his innocence. William ...

In a civil rights suit filed in federal court in Alabama, lawyers allege that state prison policies make it unconstitutionally difficult for death row inmates to obtain lawyers to draft and file ...

A conservative anti-death penalty group is calling on Arkansas to forgo executions, citing concerns about a new form of capital punishment that critics describe as cruel.

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday with a bid by Alabama officials to pursue the execution of an inmate convicted of a 1997 murder who a lower court found to ...

New data from a national watchdog group shows juries nationwide are sentencing fewer people to death, but executions are rising. According to the newly released 2025 report from the Death Penalty ...

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. HB 70, ...