Alabama
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- FEBRUARY 22, 2000AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court, voting 5-4 Tuesday, rejected a challenge...
The Supreme Court, voting 5-4 Tuesday, rejected a challenge to Alabama's use of the electric chair as the only means of execution
- JANUARY 7, 2000AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
David Ray Duren, 37, white, was put to death by electric...
David Ray Duren, 37, white, was put to death by electric chair in Holman Prison, Altmore
- JUNE 18, 1999AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
On June 18, Alabama executed Brian Keith Baldwin, convicted...
On June 18, Alabama executed Brian Keith Baldwin, convicted in the 1977 abduction and killing of a North Carolina girl, despite appeals for justice by President Jimmy Carter, Mrs
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Alabama is considering changing its method of execution...
Alabama is considering changing its method of execution in light of the U
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Alabama, which had one of the lowest rates of pay...
Alabama, which had one of the lowest rates of pay for death penalty attorneys, passed legislation which will modestly increase the rate of compensation for attorneys representing indigent criminal defendants and removed the $2,000 limit which had been imp
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In January, outgoing Governor Fob James commuted the...
In January, outgoing Governor Fob James commuted the death sentence of Judith Ann Neelley who as America's longest-serving female death row prisoner had actually been on death row for nearly 16 years