Tag: Willie B. Smith III
Alabama man faces 2nd execution date this year for killing
An Alabama man who avoided execution in February was scheduled to be put to death Thursday for the 1991 killing of a...
Judge denies request to block lethal injection in Alabama
A federal judge has declined to block Thursday’s scheduled execution of an Alabama inmate convicted of the 1991 kidnap and murder of...
Ruling could block Alabama execution scheduled next week
An appellate court on Friday ordered a judge to consider a request to block an Alabama execution next week as attorneys argue...
Mental capacity at issue as Alabama man faces execution date
Federal judges heard arguments Wednesday about whether an Alabama inmate had the mental capacity to understand the paperwork setting up his planned...
Alabama sets new execution date for inmate for 1991 murder
Alabama has rescheduled the execution of a state inmate who had a lethal injection called off in February when the U.S. Supreme...
Alabama to allow spiritual advisor at inmate’s execution
Alabama is amending its lethal injection procedures to allow a condemned inmate to have his spiritual advisor in the execution chamber, state...
Religion and the death penalty collide at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the death penalty: Inmates must be...
Alabama would be 1st state to execute an inmate this year
Alabama would be the first state to carry out an execution this year if allowed to proceed with plans to put to...
Alabama set to carry out its first execution during pandemic
Alabama is preparing to execute an inmate by lethal injection in what would be the state’s first death sentence carried out during...
