ATMORE, Ala. -- Thirteen minutes into his execution by injection, an Alabama inmate heaved and coughed and appeared to move during tests meant to determine consciousness. Ronald Bert Smith Jr., 45, ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has scheduled an October execution by nitrogen gas for an inmate who has an ongoing lawsuit challenging the new method as unconstitutionally cruel. Alabama Gov. Kay ...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the execution in Alabama of a man convicted of killing a store clerk (all times local): 11:40 a.m. Critics of a lethal injection drug that has been used in ...

United Nations experts say they are “alarmed” at the prospect of the use of “untested” nitrogen gas for the execution of an inmate in Alabama, citing potential for cruel, inhumane, degrading treatment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man who is scheduled to be executed later this month for a 1993 murder continues to maintain his innocence, saying on Wednesday, ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state's capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection. Ivey's ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama corrections ...