A horrific crime leads to get-tough policies to ensure the tragedy never happens again. That happened in 2018, after a ...

Alabama lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce a bill that would make the rape or sodomy of a child a capital offense, ...

A Bibb County grand jury indicted five Alabama men and two women in the case. They face accusations of raping, sodomizing and ...

A pair of Alabama lawmakers held a press conference in Montgomery Thursday morning to talk about their push to make child ...

Alabama lawmakers are holding a news conference to propose extending the death penalty to individuals convicting of sexually ...

Twenty-eight men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and nine other people are scheduled to be put to death in seven states during the remainder of 2025.

On July 31, Edward Zakrzewski II will become the ninth prisoner executed in Florida this year, a one-year state record.

Should the death penalty be on the table for people who sexually abuse children in Alabama? Two state lawmakers are aiming to make capital punishment an option in such crimes. Rep. Matt Simpson ...

Two lawmakers in Alabama continue to push for the death penalty in certain sex crimes against children. Senator April Weaver ...

In response to recent child sex abuse cases in Alabama, state lawmakers are advocating for legislation that would extend the death penalty to those convicted of ...

The motion comes after seven people were arrested in Bibb County in a sexual abuse case; their charges range from rape to ...