Tag: capital punishment
Lone lawmaker crusades against the death penalty in Alabama
Hank Sanders closed his eyes, pressed his hand to his forehead and tried to recall the first time he petitioned the state of Alabama...
Supreme Court rejects appeal from death row inmate
The Alabama Supreme Court is refusing to intervene in the case of an Alabama man who is facing execution for throwing four children off...
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear case challenging Alabama death penalty
In a victory for supporters of the state's capital punishment regime, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up the case of...
Judge rules Alabama death penalty mechanism unconstitutional
An Alabama judge threw out the state's system for imposing the death penalty the same day Florida lawmakers passed a bill to revamp a...
