A death row inmate who raped and murdered a five-year-old girl is begging authorities to execute him as fast as possible.

The U.S. Supreme Court has paved the way for one of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates to receive a new trial. On Monday, the court declined to review the state's appeal of a lower court ...

Charles "Sonny" Burton, an Alabama man on death row, is scheduled for execution next month. Gov. Kay Ivey officially set the execution window for between midnight Thursday, March 12, and 6 a.m. the ...

Maybe he was confused. Or scared. But the confession had to be true. Surely Christopher Barbour just got the name wrong and ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala, (AP) — One of Alabama’s longest-serving death row inmates could soon receive a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that ...

The governor of Alabama has commuted a death sentence, which doesn't happen very often. The case involves someone convicted for murder who did not pull the trigger. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.