lethal injection

The state of Alabama is once against petitioning a federal appellate court to allow an execution to proceed – this time for a death row inmate convicted…

The state of Alabama put Robert Melson to death last night for killing three people during a 1994 robbery of a Gadsden fast food restaurant.Melson was…

The U.S. Supreme Court has vacated a stay on the scheduled execution of Alabama death row inmate Robert Melson.The nation’s highest court decided 6 to 3…

An inmate once called the "Houdini" of Alabama's death row for escaping seven past execution dates was put to death early this morning for a 1982 contract…

An Alabama inmate who has had seven past executions postponed is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection tomorrow.Tommy Arthur still maintains…

The U.S. Supreme Court says it won’t be taking up the cases of three Alabama death row inmates, including one who recently came very close to the death…

Alabama death row inmate Ronald Bert Smith was executed last night for the 1994 killing of a Huntsville man.But the way he died may lend additional…

A federal judge may allow Alabama to change its lethal injection method for an inmate's execution scheduled for next month.Al.com reports U.S. District…

Alabama death row inmate Tommy Arthur is still alive this morning, thanks to a last-minute stay of execution from the United States Supreme Court.Arthur…

The state of Alabama is preparing to execute a death row inmate who was convicted in the 1982 killing of a man in a murder-for-hire arrangement.Tommy…