Prisons Alabama resets Jeffery Lee’s execution after courts blocked nitrogen hypoxia method Governor Kay Ivey scheduled Jeffery Lee's September 17 execution by lethal injection after federal courts blocked Alabama's planned nitrogen hypoxia execution. Mary Claire WootenJuly 31, 2026
News New coalition “We The Jury” urges Ivey to grant clemency in judicial override cases The group said 25 Alabama death row prisoners remained under sentences imposed through a practice the state abolished in 2017. Alex JobinJuly 2, 2026
Prisons Judge denies Alabama inmate’s request for nitrogen hypoxia execution stay A federal judge rejected Alabama death row inmate Anthony Boyd's request for a stay of execution. Wesley WalterOctober 10, 2025
Courts Judge orders new trial for Alabama death row inmate in light of new DNA evidence New DNA evidence implicated another man, leading a federal judge to order a new trial for the inmate after three decades on death row. Alex JobinAugust 29, 2025
Prisons Alabama sets date for sixth execution of 2025 Alabama plans to execute Anthony Todd Boyd using nitrogen hypoxia, while he challenges the method in federal court Mary Claire WootenAugust 19, 2025
Prisons Alabama schedules execution of Demetrius Frazier using nitrogen hypoxia Frazier's attorneys have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the execution. StaffJanuary 8, 2025
Courts Federal court hears arguments for blocking third nitrogen execution The 11th Circuit affirmed a district judge's ruling from earlier this month that the execution may proceed. Mary Claire WootenNovember 19, 2024
Prisons Gov. Kay Ivey sets execution date for Jamie Mills Mills was sentenced to death in 2007 after being convicted for the 2004 double homicide of Floyd and Vera Hill. Patrick DarringtonMarch 29, 2024
Prisons Sources: Death row left without heat, despite complaints Individuals incarcerated on Alabama’s death row have been without heat for a few weeks, according to sources. Patrick DarringtonJanuary 17, 2024
Prisons U.N. experts express alarm over Alabama’s planned execution via nitrogen hypoxia Alabama is planning to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith on Jan. 25 using nitrogen hypoxia, an untested method. Patrick DarringtonJanuary 4, 2024