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Tag: DEATH SENTENCE

Perez Marco Alabama News
Death sentence upheld for man who killed Mobile Police officer

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals denied the appeal of a Theodore man convicted of the death of a Mobile Police officer.

MARCUS WILLIAMS Alabama News
St. Clair County murderer’s death sentence reinstated after SCOTUS ruling

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed an order vacating the death sentence for Marcus Bernard Williams.

Kamarie Holland Alabama News
Phenix City child abuser, murderer asks for speedy execution

The man convicted and sentenced to death for the brutal murder and sexual assault of a child in Phenix City is asking to be executed quickly.

Kay Ivey Alabama News
Muslim civil rights group CAIR backs Ivey on 'Sonny' Burton death sentence commutation

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) came out in support of Gov. Kay Ivey’s decision to commute the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton, a man who served over three decades on Alabama’s death row.

Charles Burton Alabama News
'Blood on his hands': AG Marshall slams Ivey for commuting Charles 'Sonny' Burton death sentence

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said a man whose death sentence was commuted on Tuesday by Gov. Kay Ivey was nothing but a career criminal who could have been put to death a long time ago.

Michael Sockwell Alabama News
Man on death row for shooting of Montgomery County deputy could get new trial

A man sentenced to death in the 1988 killing of a Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputy could get a new trial after the United States Supreme Court declined to review a ruling from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Keith Gavin Alabama News
Execution scheduled for man who shot, killed delivery driver at ATM in 1998

William Clinton Clayton, Jr., got off work on March 6, 1998, and headed to the ATM at his Regions Bank branch in Centre to get some cash to take his wife to dinner that night. However, the trip to the bank would be his last.