An Alabama death row inmate has filed a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of nitrogen gas executions, arguing that the first person in the nation put to death by that method shook violently for several minutes in “a human experiment that officials botched miserably.”
Two correctional officers at the Elmore Correctional Facility have been arrested.
Gov. Kay Ivey has set an execution date for death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith.
A federal judge heard arguments about the humaneness and risks of execution by nitrogen gas as he weighs whether to let Alabama attempt the nation’s first use of the method.
A former Alabama correctional officer has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for using excessive force on an inmate and lying on a report in an attempt to cover it up, federal prosecutors said.
Rev. Jeff Hood says restrictions would interfere with his ability to minister to Kenneth Smith before he is put to death by nitrogen gas.
An inmate at Elmore Correctional Facility has died following an assault believed to have been committed by another prisoner, the state corrections department has confirmed.
Current and former Alabama prison inmates have filed a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s prison labor program as a type of “modern day slavery.”
Pope was serving an 18-month sentence for breaking and entering a motor vehicle, according to authorities.
The cost of a new Alabama super-size prison now under construction rose Tuesday to more than $1 billion, complicating the state’s plans to build two of the facilities.
