Federal judge hears request to block an upcoming nitrogen gas execution in Alabama
A federal judge has heard competing testimony over a request to block the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas.
Inmate deaths remain high in Alabama, highlighting urgent need for prison reform
A new HBO documentary set for release later this year exposes the violence inside Alabama prisons using leaked cellphone ...
Michigan will not wade into Alabama death row case
Officials in Michigan will not oppose Demetrius Frazier’s execution that Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey scheduled for next Thursday using nitrogen gas. Attorneys for Demetrius Terrence Frazier, scheduled to be ...
Alabama Death Row inmate set for execution is in wrong state, lawsuit argues
The inmate's attorneys say he shouldn’t be in the state’s prison system at all, despite admitting guilt to slaying a woman in ...
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Alabama prisoners dying at a rate four times the national average
Fewer people died inside the prisons than in 2023, when prisoners were five times as likely to die as the national average.
Former Alabama jailer indicted in federal court on charges of beating handcuffed man
A federal grand jury indicted a former jail administrator for allegedly beating a handcuffed incarcerated person in an Alabama jail and then lying about it to law enforcement, the Justice Department ...