On Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to dismiss the Hamm v. Smith case, effectively upholding its rulings that people ...

An Alabama man challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q.

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday with a bid by Alabama officials to pursue the execution of an inmate convicted of a 1997 murder who a lower court found to ...

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A man convicted of a 1997 murder in Alabama will be spared execution after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday kept in place a judicial finding that the ...

The state of Alabama has a complicated relationship with science, and its criminal courts are no exception. Often, state prosecutors defend debunked junk science, like bite marks, to keep people in ...

The 55-year-old man at the center of the case who has been on death row for more than 2 decades, has 5 IQ scores ranging from ...

Festival in the Park drew crowds to Elmwood Park this Memorial Day weekend, but Sunday night’s stage had a special purpose — telling local history through music. Read full article: Roanoke Reset helps ...