Some Alabama officials pushing for tougher punishment for child sex abusers
Some Alabama lawmakers and other officials want tougher penalties for anyone who sexually abuses a child.
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Appeals court: Alabama violated constitutional rights of man sentenced to death
A federal appeals court ruled prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a man sentenced to death in Alabama in 1990, saying Blacks were rejected from the jury during his trial.
Execution date set for Alabama inmate convicted of Chilton County killing
The State of Alabama has set an execution date for a man who dropped his appeals and asked to be put to death for the 2010 rape and murder of a woman in Chilton County.
ACTION 8 UPDATE: Alabama executes man in 1994 murder
A man convicted in the 1994 killing of a female hitchhiker in St. Clair County was put to death in the nation’s third execution using nitrogen gas.
Alabama preparing to carry out the second nitrogen gas execution in the U.S.
Alabama is preparing to execute Alan Eugene Miller by using nitrogen gas.
Alabama Supreme Court approves second nitrogen execution
The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of a second inmate by nitrogen gas, months after the state became the first state to put a person to death with the previously untested method.
Alabama House committee votes down bill to allow some death row inmates to be resentenced
The Alabama House Judiciary Committee has rejected a bill that would provide new sentences for about 30 inmates who were given the death penalty despite a jury’s recommendation of life imprisonment.
Man gets four death sentences in Russell County for kidnapping, rape and murder of 5-year-old girl
A man who kidnapped, raped and killed a 5-year-old Georgia girl has been given four death sentences for the crime.
Activists want some Alabama death row inmates to be resentenced
Activists are pushing for legislation that would allow about 30 Alabama inmates to be resentenced because they were sentenced to death despite a jury’s recommendation of a life sentence.
Alabama executes man for 2001 beating death, resuming lethal injections after review
Alabama executed a man on Friday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state resumed lethal injections after failed executions prompted the governor to order an internal review of procedures.
