WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A group of students and professors at public universities across Alabama are asking an appeals court ...

This year, 48 people are expected to be executed in the U.S. Meanwhile, fewer new death sentences are being issued, and ...

Madison County is second on the list compiled by the nonprofit Alabama Reflector. Morgan County is in a group tied for third.

The use of capital punishment has steadily declined in the United States since its peak in 1996, when 315 death sentences were imposed. That number had fallen to 26 by 2024. Alabama’s yearly death ...

A review of more than 100 court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments, even when they have fewer prior ...