The states of Alabama and Texas carried out one execution each last week, bringing the number of executions in 2025 to three. Five more executions are scheduled between now and March 20—two in ...

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said it’s “unfortunate” that Alabama is set to execute a Detroit native sentenced for murder and rape. Whitmer said that the impending execution of Demetrius ...

The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...

Demetrius Frazier became the fourth inmate in the US to be put to death by the method as he served his sentence for the 1991 ...

The Alabama House Judiciary Committee advanced the bill, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne). It would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for defendants charged with rape or sodomy ...

An Alabama prison executed a Detroit man Thursday evening after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declined to intervene, ignoring pleas from his family, attorneys, and death penalty opponents who argued she ...

Frazier remained in Michigan custody until 2011 when the then-governors of the two states agreed to move him to Alabama’s death row. Frazier suggested in his final statement that his confession ...