Tag: death row
Alabama lawmakers approve nitrogen execution for death row inmates
A bill to allow death row inmates to be executed by nitrogen gas passed the Alabama House on Tuesday on a 75-23 vote.
Under existing law,...
State House Committee approves nitrogen execution for death row inmates
A bill to allow death row inmates to be executed by nitrogen gas passed the Alabama House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
Under existing law, a...
US Supreme Court rules in favor of Alabama death row inmate
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an Alabama inmate who complained that he didn't have an independent mental health expert to help...
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...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Alabama inmate’s death row appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a chance to hear Alabama death row inmate Thomas Arthur’s latest challenge to his death sentence, denying Arthur’s...
US Supreme Court seems to favor Texas death row inmate
The Supreme Court seems likely to side with a longtime death row inmate in Texas who claims he is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible...
Alabama Sen. Trip Pittman files bill to allow execution by firing...
An Alabama state senator wants to allow the state to carry out executions with firing squad.
Montrose- Republican Sen. Trip Pittman said the firing squad should...
Lawyer: Alabama death row inmate mentally incompetent for execution
The U.S. Supreme Court says death-row prisoners must have "rational understanding" that they are about to be executed and why, but lawyer for an...
Alabama judge: Death row inmate got “raw deal” in murder trial
An Alabama inmate who has spent almost 30 years on death row for a murder he denies committing has an unusual supporter in his...
Alabama joins states asking high court to OK execution drug
Attorney General Luther Strange announced in a statement released Wednesday that Alabama has joined 12 other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lethal injection drug.
Arguments will...
