death penalty

Who are we killing Sonny Burton for?

Alabama scheduled the nitrogen hypoxia execution of 75-year-old Sonny Burton, though jurors and the victim’s daughter urged the state for mercy.

February 10, 2026

Alabama Senate passes bill to allow death penalty for child predators

The legislation allows capital punishment for sexual crimes against children under 12, directly challenging a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision on non-murder offenses.

February 6, 2026

House passes bill to allow death penalty for child predators

The bill is a direct challenge to U.S. Supreme Court precedent that explicitly prohibits the death penalty in such cases.

January 28, 2026

Committee approves bill to allow death penalty in cases of child rape

The death penalty would be applied in situations where the victim is under 12 years of age.

January 15, 2026

I lost my father to violence. Executing the wrong man won’t bring justice

Another death will not bring him back. It will only deepen my trauma and the moral cost we all share.

December 24, 2025

Alabama’s death machinery is now driven by politics, not justice

Alabama’s attorney general pushes extreme execution methods and narrow legal arguments, testing constitutional limits and abandoning the restraint our founders expected.

December 12, 2025

Bill would let Alabama voters decide whether to abolish the death penalty

Rep. Chris England prefiled the bill on Tuesday. The 2026 Legislative Session begins January 13.

December 5, 2025

Alabama AG pushes for end to ban on death penalty for child rape

Marshall wants to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's 2008 ruling that disallowed the death penalty for child sexual abuse convictions.

October 3, 2025

Alabama carries out fourth execution of 2025, despite wishes of victim’s son

One of the victim’s sons had sent a letter to Gov. Kay Ivey, explaining the execution would “weigh heavily on me.”

September 26, 2025

The death penalty for child rape is unconstitutional—and it should stay that way

There is no punishment that could possibly deter an act so grounded in inhumanity.

September 10, 2025