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A court battle is gearing up over whether Louisiana’s execution protocol is a public record, in a case that could decide ...

A court battle is gearing up over whether Louisiana’s nitrogen gas execution protocol is a public record as the federal ...

A woman serving a life sentence for her role in a notorious Walker County kidnapping case has escaped from a work release ...

A woman serving a life sentence for her role in a notorious Walker County kidnapping case has escaped from a work release ...

Ex-BBC1 controller Danny Cohen called on U.K. culture secretary Lisa Nandy to ensure "wider systemic issues of anti-Israel ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin Meyers, a first for her time in office and the first commutation in the state since 1999.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison, saying there were enough ...

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall reacted Friday evening to news that Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of ...

The man convicted and sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of a north Alabama woman will not be executed, Gov. Kay ...

A bill allowing for nitrogen hypoxia to be used as a criminal execution method for the Arkansas Department of Corrections ...