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Son of murdered woman pleads with officials to stop killer's execution for heartbreaking reason

The son of a woman murdered nearly 25 years ago is asking that her killer be spared from execution for a heartwrenching reason.

Everything we know so far after 3-year-old dies in hot car while in Alabama state custody

A devastating tragedy in Alabama has sparked national outrage and urgent questions after 3-year-old Ke'Torrius “K.J.” Starkes Jr. died inside a hot car while under the care of a state-contracted social services worker.

Alabama dad who made emotional appeal to find missing wife is charged with her brutal murder

An Alabama father has been charged with the murder of his wife after allegedly admitting to strangling her to death days after making an emotional appeal for help finding her.Stephen Miller Sr., 64, h

Grand jury recommends Alabama police department be 'immediately abolished'

Fatal Alabama car crash reveals family's one-year-old baby has been missing for months

A fatal car crash in Fayette County, Alabama, has spiraled into a complex and heartbreaking case involving the death of two family members, a missing child, and the arrest of the child's grandfather.

Alabama death row inmate's vile final act before being executed for murder of hitchhiking mom

A death row inmate committed a vile act before he was put to rest for a murder conviction.Carey Dale Grayson showed no remorse for the brutal murder of Vickie DeBlieux as he was taken to the execution

Alabama college linebacker dies aged 20 just weeks after suffering head injury on football field

A 20-year-old Alabama College linebacker has tragically passed away just weeks after he sustained a head injury on the field.

Alabama axe murderer who killed 5 people made chilling admission before being executed

The Alabama axe murderer who murdered five people made a haunting revelation before his execution.

Alabama man's chilling final words before becoming second death row inmate to die by controversial method

An Alabama inmate has shared their haunting final words before being put to death.

Alabama killer's eerie last words before execution in front of his family

A convicted killer has been executed in front of his family in Alabama after spending nearly two decades of death row.

Witnesses share the chilling details of US' first execution by nitrogen hypoxia

Witnesses have spoken out after an Alabama inmate became the first person to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. Kenneth Eugene Smith spent more than three decades behind bars for the murder of Elizabeth Sennett - who suffered eight fatal stabbings to her chest and two to her neck. Prosecutors said…

Death row inmate set to be executed by new method has already survived one execution attempt

The Alabama death row inmate set to be executed on Thursday knows exactly how to feels to be led into a "death chamber" - because he's already been there once before. Kenneth Smith, a 58-year-old inmate at the Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama, is set to face an unprecedented execution…

Alabama will execute inmate with entirely new method this week - here's how it works

This week, the state of Alabama is set to perform an execution with a method that has never been used in the US before. Here's how it works... Known as nitrogen hypoxia, the untested method is shrouded in controversy - with experts, human rights organizations, and the condemned inmate's legal team…

Alabama death row inmate will be executed via newly approved method next week

A controversial new execution method is set to end the life of a death row inmate next week. Kenneth Eugene Smith, a death row inmate since January 1990, is facing execution by a method never before used in the United States: Nitrogen hypoxia. The Supreme Court of Alabama, which is…

Controversial execution method set to be tried on death row inmate is 'unprecedented and untested'

A controversial new death penalty method that will be used on an Alabama prisoner has been described as "unprecedented and untested". As previously reported, Alabama is expected to become the first state to execute a prisoner by using nitrogen hypoxia - a method that involves forcing the inmate to breathe…

Alabama death row inmate set to become the first to be executed using controversial new method

An Alabama prisoner is expected to become the first inmate to be executed with a controversial death penalty method. Hitman Kenneth Eugene Smith was one of two men convicted of capital murder for the murder-for-hire killing of a preacher’s wife, Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett. Prosecutors said Smith was one of two…

Police find 'no evidence of toddler on highway' when Carlee Russell disappeared

Police have said that they have found no evidence of a lone toddler walking by the roadside the night Carlee Russell mysteriously vanished for 49 hours after calling 911. As previously reported, Russell went missing last Thursday (July 13) at around 9:35PM on the side of a busy highway in…