Death Penalty Facts and Figures
The Supreme Court has barred the death penalty for people with intellectual disabilities and for children whose brains are not yet fully developed.
These 5 counties pack Alabama’s Death Row despite death penalty declining
An Alabama Reflector analysis of executions in the state over the past decade shows five of the state’s 67 counties account for almost half of the total number of death sentences imposed since 2012.
Bill would let Alabama voters decide whether to abolish the death penalty
Alawmaker has prefiled a bill that would create a constitutional amendment to eliminate Alabama’s death penalty and put the question before voters in 2028.
Anti-death penalty coalition talks surge in executions, dwindling public support
During its inaugural press conference, representatives of the U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty highlighted the uptick of executions in the South and the growth of public sentiment against the death penalty.
Judge grants new trial for Alabama Death Row inmate whose DNA did not match
After recent DNA testing raised questions, a Montgomery man who Alabama has kept on a death row for 31 years will get another shot at justice. A federal judge has ordered a new trial in the 1992 murder case that landed Christopher Barbour in prison.