Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abraham Bonowitz, of the group Death Penalty Action, leads a demonstration outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, ...

Lethal injection remains the primary method in most states Twenty-eight states and the federal government authorize the use of lethal injection, in which an inmate has one or more deadly drugs ...

Protesters gather outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, June 8, 2026, to oppose an upcoming execution in Alabama. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler) (AP Photo/Kim Chandler) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — ...

Responding to a lawsuit by an Alabama death row inmate, a federal appeals court says the state's use of nitrogen gas to put people to death needs more study to determine whether it violates a ...

Alabama’s first scheduled execution of 2026 was halted on June 11. The U.S. Supreme Court allowed a lower court ruling to stand, blocking the state from using nitrogen gas to execute death row inmate ...

Daniel Conahan is seeking a stay of execution while the U.S. Supreme Court considers his request for DNA testing in Richard Montgomery’s 1996 murder.

Responding to a lawsuit by an Alabama death row inmate, a federal appeals court says the state’s use of nitrogen gas to put people to death needs more study to determine whether it violates a ...

ORDINANCES TOMORROW MORNING. THAT’S SET TO START AT NINE. A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT WANTS A LOWER COURT TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT ALABAMA’S USE OF NITROGEN GAS AND DEATH ROW EXECUTIONS. THE COURT RULED ...

What to Know About the Evolution of Execution Methods in the US Alabama's plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and ...