The Saudi prisoner agreed to the settlement to avoid a death-penalty trial, his lawyer said, but it has yet to reach the defense secretary.

A man convicted of a double murder is scheduled to be executed in South Carolina Friday night by firing squad - a method that ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved HB49 which proposes the death penalty for child rape and sodomy under 12.

Gov. Kay Ivey made Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall sad. Not just somewhat sad but “ deeply saddened,” or so Marshall ...

Those who had been pushing for that clemency are also shocked the governor granted the first death sentence commutation in Alabama this century. Abraham Bonowitz with the group, Death Penalty Action.

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

If convicted in a double homicide, Melly could be sentenced to death by a non-unanimous jury — a practice with deep roots in ...

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

Alabama's Attorney General and Governor were not on the same page Friday when it came to the handling of a death row inmate's impending execution.

Robin Dion "Rocky" Myers, 63, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of Ludie Mae ...