An Alabama judge has issued a stay of execution for a convicted killer allegedly diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia while ...

An Alabama state judge has ordered a mental health evaluation to see if a man on death row with a history of mental illness ...

A Marion County judge ordered that David Lee Roberts undergo a psychiatric exam before his Aug. 21 execution date.

The Alabama Supreme Court and the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have both refused to stop the execution of an Alabama inmate convicted of killing three people during the 1994 robbery of fast ...

Gov. Kay Ivey set the execution date for David Lee Roberts, 59, for Aug. 21, following authorization from the Alabama Supreme Court. Roberts was convicted of the 1992 murder of Annetra Jones in ...

In 2024, Alabama became the first state to carry out an execution with nitrogen gas, a method that involves pumping nitrogen through a face mask and depriving the inmate of oxygen.

Alabama has scheduled a September execution by nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk during a 1997 robbery. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a Sept. 25 execution date for ...

Alabama has scheduled an August execution with nitrogen gas for a man convicted three decades ago of shooting a woman in the head while she slept. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a Aug. 21 execution ...

Alabama last year became the first state to carry out an execution with nitrogen gas, a method that involves pumping nitrogen through a face mask and depriving the inmate of oxygen.