In a rare move on Tuesday, Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey granted clemency to Toforest Johnson, who has been on death row ...

Gov. Kay Ivey said she had "concerns there was not enough direct evidence" against Johnson, who was convicted in 1998, the ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she was commuting Toforest Johnson's death sentence to life in prison without parole.

Toforest Johnson’s conviction in the 1995 killing of a sheriff’s deputy relied on the testimony of a woman who was paid a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tennessee is set to execute Christa Pike on Wednesday, making her the first woman put to death by the state in more than 200 years ...

A federal judge has banned Alabama from executing a death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, reversing a previous opinion and concluding that the controversial and relatively new execution method is ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted Toforest Johnson’s death sentence to life without parole, citing concerns about the evidence ...

Alabama recorded 962 motor vehicle crash deaths, giving the state a fatality rate of 18.7 deaths per 100,000 residents in a study of 2024 auto accidents. That ranked Alabama fifth among the 50 states ...

This is an opinion cartoon. Mercy. One day you’re the state’s toughest-talking death penalty- pushing ‘Grim Reaper’ guy, the next day you’re sitting on the steel bunk of your own dead-end Senate ...

Firearms injuries were the leading cause of preventable death among Alabama children in 2024, and unsafe storage played a role in a striking share of those deaths, according to the state’s latest ...

Alabama death row inmate Patricia Blackmon is pictured. Blackmon was convicted of the beating death of her 28-month-old daughter, Dominiqua, in 1999. Alabama Department of Correction USA TODAY Network ...