Alabama death row

Charles Burton has spent 30 years on death row at William C. Holman Correctional Facility, the site of the state's execution chamber.Burton's death sentence is the result of a legal doctrine known as felony murder, which allows prosecutors to treat anyone involved in certain felonies equally responsible for a killing that occurs during the crime.

One of Alabama’s longest-serving death row inmates could soon receive a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state’s appeal of a lower court's ruling that prosecutors violated his rights by intentionally rejecting potential Black jurors.

A federal judge has ordered a new trial for an Alabama death row inmate after tests showed it was another man's DNA on the victim's body. Chief U.S. District Judge Emily C. Marks last week ruled that Christopher Barbour must get a new trial. Barbour, now 56, was convicted of the 1992 stabbing death of Thelma Bishop Roberts in Montgomery.

A federal appeals court ruled Alabama prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a man sentenced to death in 1990, saying Blacks were rejected from the jury during his trial. The Monday ruling from a three judge panel on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals means Michael Sockwell, 62, is eligible for a retrial.

A man on Alabama's death row wants his execution to go forward this week, saying he believes in an "eye for an eye." James Osgood, 55, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday at his south Alabama prison.

The Alabama Supreme Court has cleared the way for the execution of a man whose innocence claim is supported by a juror from his trial. Justices on Friday authorized the execution of Robin “Rocky” Myers. He who was convicted in the 1991 killing of his neighbor. The execution will be carried out by nitrogen gas at a date set by the governor’s office.

Alabama is planning to carry out its fourth execution with nitrogen gas. Demetrius Terrence Frazier is scheduled to be executed Feb. 6 at a south Alabama prison. Frazier was convicted of killing 41-year-old Pauline Brown in 1991.

The fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., taking place in Alabama, is on track to continue as planned. Demetrius Frazier is scheduled to be put to death on Feb. 6 for a 1991 rape and murder case. This follows a federal judge rejecting a preliminary injunction to stop his execution.

A federal judge has refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S. Chief District Judge Emily C. Marks is rejecting Demetrius Frazier’s request for a preliminary injunction to stop his execution in Alabama.

A federal judge is hearing competing testimony over a request to block the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Demetrius Terrence Frazier is scheduled to be executed Feb. 6 in Alabama for a woman's 1991 rape and murder in Birmingham.