James Broadnax wrote rap lyrics at 19 that were later used as evidence to convict him of double murder.

James Broadnax will soon take his last breath. For the last 17 years, the convicted murderer has been on death row, with his execution date—scheduled for April 30—now fast approaching. His punishment ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of an inmate two days before his execution, saying it would be "unjust" to take his life when he wasn't the triggerman in a robbery gone bad. The ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice in a 1991 murder from execution on Thursday. Gov. Kay Ivey, in announcing ...

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A bill that would clear the way for executions of death row inmates to resume in the commonwealth is headed to Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk after it passed in the Kentucky Senate on April 1. Senate Bill ...