By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama told a federal judge that it could be ready as soon as next week to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence.…
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama could be ready to use a new, untried execution method to carry out a death sentence later this month. A state attorney told a federal judge Monday it's “very likely”…
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama’s prison system said Friday that a delay before an execution was caused because of the time it took to establish an intravenous line to the inmate. In a statement Friday,…
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama is set to execute a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend decades ago, despite a request from the victim's two daughters to spare the man's life. Joe Nathan James Jr.…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge has ruled the execution of an Alabama inmate can proceed as scheduled later this month, rejecting the man's request for a postponement. Joe Nathan James Jr. is set to be given a lethal…
By JAY REEVES Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama has executed an inmate for a 1996 murder after a divided U.S. Supreme Court sided with the state, clearing the way for the man to receive a lethal injection. The…
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to let the state of Alabama execute an inmate who contends an intellectual disability combined with the state's inattention cost him a chance to…
