In theory, the death penalty is reserved for “the worst of the worst.” In practice, it is very different. People who are ...

Texas death row inmate Cedric Ricks, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, apologized to a surviving victim before execution.

Kay Ivey this week was one execution away from setting a record among Alabama governors in the modern era of the death ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice in a 1991 murder from execution on Thursday.

From prison on his scheduled execution day, Charles “Sonny" Burton said he feels he “dodged death" after receiving clemency.

North Texas man Cedric Ricks was found guilty of stabbing his girlfriend, Roxann Sanchez and her juvenile son, Anthony Figueroa, to death back in 2013. Thirteen years later, Cedric Ricks is scheduled ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the execution of a man on death row. On Tuesday, Ivey announced ...

Executing someone in Andre Thomas’s condition would be indecent and inhumane.

Cedric Ricks, who was found guilty in 2014 of the double murder, is the second inmate the state has executed in 2026.

Just days before his execution, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey spared 75-year-old Sunny Burton, raising questions about the crime, his conviction, and the broader legal impact.

The U.S. Attorney's Office announced Tuesday it plans to file federal firearm and carjacking charges against 18-year-old Darius Hall in the shooting death of Marietta Allison.

An Alabama man convicted of murder despite having fled the scene of the crime before the trigger was pulled will no longer be put to death. Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Tuesday that she would spare the ...