Alabama is considering significant changes to its death penalty laws with the introduction of two new bills. HB70 seeks to allow certain death-row inmates, sent ...

Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, speaks to Rep. Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives on April 1, 2025 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. England ...

An Alabama death row inmate who had long protested his conviction for the 1987 murder of a convenience store clerk succumbed to cancer following an unsuccessful battle to prove his innocence. William ...

A state lawmaker who sponsors bills every year to try to reform Alabama’s sentencing laws wants to put a proposal on the ballot for voters. Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, is sponsoring a proposed ...

New data from a national watchdog group shows juries nationwide are sentencing fewer people to death, but executions are rising. According to the newly released 2025 report from the Death Penalty ...