The court on June 6 said it would take up the case of Alabama death row inmate Joseph Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a brutal murder in 1997. Smith’s IQ scores have ranged ...

The court on June 6 said it would take up the case of Alabama death row inmate Joseph Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a brutal murder in 1997. Smith’s IQ scores have ranged ...

The death row population dropped to 29 after inmate Wendell Grissom was executed in March and inmate Richard Glossip won on appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court in February. More in U.S.

The latest request for a death sentence came May 21. Prosecutors asked for that punishment for a drifter who is suspected of being a serial killer.

In January of 2024, Alabama became the first state in the country to execute someone using the method. Kenneth Eugene Smith was put to death after being sentenced for the 1988 murder-for-hire killing ...

A new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allows more methods of execution for people convicted of capital crimes.

Six federal death row inmates with Virginia ties are among 37 prisoners whose punishments are being converted to life imprisonment without the… U.S. executes Cory Johnson for 1992 Richmond murders ...

Alabama has executed Gregory Hunt using nitrogen gas for the brutal 1988 Walker County slaying of Karen Sanders Lane, according to a statement from Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey.

Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday nearly five decades after he kidnapped and ...

Gregory Hunt was convicted of killing Karen Lane, a woman he had been dating for about a month, according to court records.

Hunt, who was born in 1960 and came to death row in 1990, is now among the longest-serving inmates on Alabama's death row. He said prison became his “hospital” to heal his broken mind.