Former Gov. Don Siegelman

Governor / Prisons

Alabama reacts to governor sparing death row inmate Sonny Burton

Governor Kay Ivey spared Charles “Sonny” Burton from execution on Tuesday, arguing the injustice of executing a non-triggerman while the shooter served life.

Wesley Walter

March 11, 2026

Families call prisons “drug-infested slums” in annual public hearing, demand reform

Sen. Vivian Figures said state legislators “need to spend some time in these prisons ... without any protection.”

Chance Phillips

July 25, 2024

Death Row text on grunge lead with textured copper and gold background

Former governors support bill for resentencing judicial override cases

Judicial override previously allowed judges to usurp a jury and sentence someone to death.

Patrick Darrington

April 17, 2024

Blanchard: Write-in campaigns led to withdrawal from electronic voting machine lawsuit

Last Week, Blanchard asked a Montgomery County Circuit Court handling the case to withdraw her from the litigation.

John H. Glenn

August 30, 2022