Justices on Friday authorized the execution of Robin “Rocky” Myers, who was convicted in the 1991 killing of his neighbor, ...

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some Republicans hope to entice the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the decision banning ...

It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...

Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died Saturday at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, "from natural causes as a ...

Bills changing unemployment requirements, imposing the death penalty and requiring parental consent for vaccines passed the ...

The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an adult is convicted of rape or sodomy of a child under 12. The ...

HB49, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, stated that a person age 18 or older could face death or life imprisonment if convicted of first degree rape or sodomy against a child 12 and under. The ...

The Alabama Supreme Court has cleared the way ... “For those who support the death penalty, Rocky Myers’s case should give you pause. I believe, without reservation, that Rocky Myers did ...

Landry’s decision is significant in part because until recently, Louisiana was part of a group I call the death penalty ...