Tag: death penalty
Alabama only state to limit media to 1 witness at execution
Alabama will be the third state to carry out an execution during the COVID-19 pandemic and will be the only prison system...
Pastor can hold inmate’s hand during execution
Alabama said it will allow a death row inmate’s pastor to hold his hand during a lethal injection next month, a decision...
Justice is meant to be blind to all factors, including age
Justice is meant to be blind. She’s blind to all of the outside factors that would affect an outcome of fairness. I’ve seen a...
Jim Zeigler: Executions of murderers take too long — waaaaay too...
It now appears (8 p.m.Thursday) that the execution of Walter LeRoy Moody can go forward tonight in Alabama. He killed a federal judge over...
Alabama executes 83-year-old inmate Walter Leroy Moody
Alabama has executed the oldest U.S. inmate to be put to death in modern times, an 83-year-old man convicted of a federal judge’s mail-bomb...
Donald Trump opioid plan includes death penalty for traffickers
President Donald Trump’s plan to combat opioid drug addiction calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty where appropriate under current...
House approves legislation to streamline death penalty appeals
The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would streamline the appeals process for death row inmates.
SB187, the Fair Justice Act, streamlines...
Daniel Sutter: Score one for juries
Alabama is currently the only state which allows judges to impose a death sentence over the decision of the jury. This is changing, as...
Alabama lawmakers to vote on death penalty bill
No capital murder sentencing procedure in the United States has been more criticized than that of Alabama's. As the only state in the country...
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...
