An Alabama judge has issued a stay of execution for a convicted killer allegedly diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia while ...

A state judge has stayed an upcoming execution in Alabama to evaluate whether the man is too mentally ill to be put to death.

A Marion County judge ordered that David Lee Roberts undergo a psychiatric exam before his Aug. 21 execution date.

Several Arkansas death row inmates sued the state Tuesday to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas, saying the measure gives prison officials unconstitutionally broad authority to decide ...

An Marion County circuit judge stayed the execution of David Lee Roberts earlier this month pending the results of a psychological examination. Judge Lee Carter issued an order on July 10 suspending ...

A state judge has ordered a temporary stay for an Alabama Death Row inmate who is set to die next month for his mental state to be evaluated. The Marion County judge ordered David Lee Roberts ...

A state judge has stayed an upcoming execution in Alabama to evaluate whether the man is too mentally ill to be put to death.The judge temporarily stayed the Au ...

Who decides execution dates? The march to execution in Alabama begins when the attorney general decides which inmate will be executed. The Alabama Supreme Court then authorizes that execution and ...

Ralph Menzies, a death row inmate who was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Maurine Hunsaker in 1986, is set to appear in court on Wednesday.