death penalty

Bill Approved to Review Murder Convictions; No Executions for a Year

Bill by Sen. Brewbaker would block executions for a year.
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A Senate committee has approved a bipartisan bill to create an Alabama Innocence Inquiry Commission to review capital murder convictions. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill Wednesday. Bill sponsor, Republican Sen. Dick Brewbaker of Pike Road, said there have been high-profile cases of death row inmates who have been exonerated. North Carolina has exonerated nine people after starting a…

Alabama to Perform First Execution in Two Years

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A man convicted of the 1992 rape and bludgeoning death of a woman is scheduled to be put to death Thursday in Alabama’s first execution in more than two years. Forty-three-year-old Christopher Eugene Brooks is to receive a lethal injection at 6 p.m. CST. Brooks was condemned for the death of 23-year-old Jo Deann Campbell. Prosecutors said Campbell was beaten…