Potential jurors in Yazeed murder trial asked about feelings on death penalty
Ibraheem Yazeed is being tried for capital murder in the death of 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard in 2019.
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ACTION 8 UPDATE: Man convicted of killing Montgomery County deputy to get new trial
A man who’s been on Alabama’s death row since 1990 for killing a Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputy is now eligible for a new trial.
Vigil for a man on death row held at the Alabama Governor’s Mansion
Dozens of people show up for a vigil at the Alabama Governor’s Mansion to support a man on death row.
Gov. Kay Ivey signs Child Predator Death Penalty Act into law
The Child Predator Death Penalty Act was one of the governor’s top priorities this legislative session, which will now provide new legal protection for children from child predators.
Man asks Alabama not to execute his mother’s killer
Geoffrey Todd West is scheduled to be executed for killing a woman during a robbery at a gas station in Etowah County.
Man faces federal charge in killing of Ukrainian woman on train in Charlotte
The U.S. Justice Department has charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty.
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.
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.
