Tallapoosa County hands down first death sentence in 29 years in horrifying murder spree
D.A. Mike Segrest sought death for Derrick Hightower. The last death sentence handed down in the circuit was by his father, ...
Alabama man sentenced to death for fatally shooting 2
An Alabama man who authorities say killed four people in the span of two days in 2020 has been sentenced to death for two of the killings, court records show.
Death row prisoner is pushing Arizona to hurry up his execution after state’s nearly three-year reprieve
An Arizona death row prisoner asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier ...
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Alabama basketball vs Creighton recap: Crimson Tide shuts down Bluejays in milestone victory
Alabama basketball claimed another milestone victory on Saturday with a visit from Creighton. Coleman Coliseum was long overdue for a lid-tearing, as the Crimson Tide played in its home arena for ...
2 autopsies for Black man found hanging in Alabama produce differing conclusions
A state autopsy determined that the Black man found hanging in an abandoned Alabama home died by suicide, according to the local sheriff.
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Jury sentences killer to death in 2020 double murder of Alabama couple
A Dadeville jury sentences Derek Hightower of Columbus, Georgia, to death for the brutal murders of Willie and Barbara ...
After holiday pause, South Carolina begins scheduling executions again
South Carolina’s Supreme Court set a Jan. 31 date for the state’s next execution after allowing a pause for the Christmas ...
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Tennessee is refusing to release its new execution manual
Just days after Tennessee announced it had a new manual for executing death row inmates, the state's top prison officials ...
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Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences
North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said ...