Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a March execution date for a man sentenced to death for a fatal shooting during a 1991 robbery ...

Burton also is in poor health with rheumatoid arthritis. He primarily uses a wheelchair and has to wear a helmet due to ...

Charles “Sonny” Burton faces execution in Alabama for his role in a 1991 robbery in which a man was fatally shot, even though ...

In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for a crime that does not cause the death of the victim is cruel and ...

The Alabama House passed a bill allowing the death penalty for violent crimes against children under 12, aiming to bolster ...

The Alabama House of Representatives has passed the Child Predator Death Penalty Act. This comes on the heels of an alleged ...

The Alabama Legislature has passed the Child Predator Death Penalty Act, which makes certain sexual crimes against children ...