Toforest Johnson has always maintained his innocence, and the DA is unsure of his conviction. But Alabama Attorney General ...

"You can't just up and commute a death sentence in Alabama. That's like canceling Christmas, or Robert E. Lee Day." ...

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

Marshall, ever the political opportunist, instead chose to frame the governor’s decision as an affront to his authority ...

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

For Marshall, restraint is weakness. His rage over Ivey’s decision reveals a man who sees capital punishment not as a last ...

Senate Bill 178, known as the Speedy Trial Act, sponsored by Senate Judiciary Chairman Will Barfoot, intends to expedite trials for violent criminal cases, reduce court backlogs and ensure swift ...

Hours after the nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas in January last year, Alabama’s attorney general urged other states to also develop it as a method for carrying out death sentences. Now, some ...

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.