By Bobby Mathews and Erica Thomas ATMORE — The execution of Willie B. Smith can proceed, a federal judge ruled on Sunday, October 17, 2021. Smith, who was convicted in the 1991 killing of Tr... Read more
From The Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY — The man convicted in the 1991 kidnapping and murder of a Trussville woman narrowly escaped being put to death in February of this year. But despit... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama told a federal judge on Tuesday that it has nearly finished building a system to use nitrogen gas to carry out death sentence... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate on Thursday won a reprieve from a scheduled lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court said the state must allow his... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama would be the first state to carry out an execution this year if allowed to proceed with plans to put an inmate to death late Thur... Read more
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio death row inmate who survived an attempt to execute him by lethal injection in 2009 died Monday of possible complicatio... Read more
Paul DeMarco, commentary On March 5th, Alabama executed Nathaniel Woods Jr. who was convicted of capital murder for being an accomplice in the murders of Birmingham Police Officers Carlos Ow... Read more
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Friday recommended delaying the execution of inmate Rodney Reed, whose conviction is being questio... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Wednesday made its execution protocol public after being ordered to do so by a federal judge. The Alabama Department of Co... Read more