Charlie Kirk, death penalty
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Dressed in a black-and-white prison uniform, he appeared before a court in Lee County on Monday afternoon for an initial hearing.
A man accused of killing four people in two Alabama counties knew exactly what he was doing when he went into a Birmingham home and fatally shot two people in the head, Jefferson County prosecutors say.
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Two Alabama lawmakers have officially prefiled bills that would expand death penalty-eligible cases in the state.
Alabama has scheduled an October execution by nitrogen gas for an inmate who has an ongoing lawsuit challenging the new method as unconstitutionally cruel. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday set an Oct.
A Pell City man convicted on two of four murders he was accused of committing has now received the death penalty.
Opinion
Jurors voted to sentence David Lee Roberts to life and Gov. Ivey should respect our verdict: op-ed
We knew he was guilty and had to pay, but agreed the death penalty was the wrong punishment. Instead, an elected judge overruled our decision using a now-illegal mechanism known as judicial override.
Two bouquets of flowers tied to the front gate of Kiesel Park speak to the grief and pain now stunning the Auburn community. They honor Dr. Julee Gard Schnuelle, 59, the