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- APRIL 25, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Alabama does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Alabama does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- APRIL 17, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Bay Minette, Circuit Judge Robert Wilters overruled...
In Bay Minette, Circuit Judge Robert Wilters overruled a jury's recommendation and sentenced John Earl "Buckshot" Morrow, 33, to death for the November 2000 slaying of Thomas F
- APRIL 11, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Alabama legislature passed a bill to change the...
The Alabama legislature passed a bill to change the primary method of execution from the electric chair to lethal injection
- APRIL 4, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 1, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Criminal Appeals told Circuit Judge James...
The Court of Criminal Appeals told Circuit Judge James Reid to better explain why he sentenced Calvin Stallworth to death
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-5 to exempt...
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-5 to exempt the mentally retarded from Alabama's death penalty law
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate voted 27-1 for a bill that would make lethal...
The Senate voted 27-1 for a bill that would make lethal injection the primary form of execution, but that would allow any condemned inmate to choose the electric chair over lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Don Siegelman has asked the Alabama Senate to...
Gov. Don Siegelman has asked the Alabama Senate to give priority to a bill that would change the primary form of execution in Alabama from the electric chair to lethal injection. Alabama and Nebraska are the only 2 states that still use the electric chair
- JANUARY 22, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Don Siegelman has announced a package of crime...
Gov. Don Siegelman has announced a package of crime bills he wants the Legislature to pass during the regular session. The governor's plan would give judges and juries the option of giving a death sentence to repeat sexual offenders when the victim was 12
- JANUARY 11, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted without dissent...
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted without dissent for a bill by Sen
- DECEMBER 21, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Louis Griffin, 36, once sent to Alabama's death row...
Louis Griffin, 36, once sent to Alabama's death row has been found innocent at his retrial for a 1992 killing
- DECEMBER 4, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Cuhuatemoc Hinricky Peraita, 25, a Holman Prison inmate...
Cuhuatemoc Hinricky Peraita, 25, a Holman Prison inmate found guilty in September of murdering Quincy Lewis, a fellow inmate, was sentenced to the electric chair in an Escambia County courtroom