Some lawmakers have opposed the bill, noting both potential legal issues and personal opposition to the death penalty. In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for a crime that does not ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Chase Mathis told prison guards he was being threatened by other inmates and feared for his life. But within hours of being moved to an adjacent prison, he was dead. Mathis ...

Black History Month is often framed around progress, landmark rulings, civil rights victories, and moments when the law finally caught up with justice. But in Alabama, some of the most consequential ...

As faith leaders, we speak at this moment because the decision before the governor is irreversible, and moments involving life and death demand the clearest moral reflection our traditions can offer.

Charles "Sonny" Burton, an Alabama man on death row, is scheduled for execution next month. Gov. Kay Ivey officially set the execution window for between midnight Thursday, March 12, and 6 a.m. the ...

Overdose deaths in Alabama have plummeted by 30% since last year, mirroring a national decline, federal data shows. Alabama saw that decline from March of 2024-March of 2025, according to the latest ...

An Alabama inmate convicted of killing a man over a drug debt was executed on Thursday evening in the state’s latest death sentence carried out with nitrogen gas. Anthony Todd Boyd’s time of death was ...

Alabama authorities are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy who was left in a hot car by a contractor for the state human resources department on July 22, police said. Ketorrius Starks had ...

An Alabama Reflector analysis of executions in the state over the past decade shows five of the state’s 67 counties account for almost half of the total number of death sentences imposed since 2012.

Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday signed the Child Predator Death Penalty Act. One of the governor’s top priorities this legislative ...