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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Alabama since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. All of the 75 people (74 men and 1 woman) have been executed at the Holman Correctional Facility, near Atmore, Alabama. All executions between December 2002 and 2023 were conducted by lethal injection.
Between 1812 and 1965, 708 people were executed in Alabama. Until 1927, hanging was the primary method of execution, although one person was put to death by firing squad . In addition to murder, capital crimes in Alabama formerly included rape, arson, and robbery. [11] According to the Alabama Department of Corrections, 31 persons were executed ...
Midland County Sheriff's Office, TX: Gunfire 2014-10-20: Police Officer Eddie Joe Johnson Jr. [513] Alton Police Department, MO: Automobile accident 2014-10-24: Deputy Sheriff Danny Paul Oliver [514] Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, CA: Gunfire 2014-10-24: Detective Michael David Davis Jr. [515] Placer County Sheriff's Department, CA ...
Casey White prison escape. The prison escape of Casey White took place on April 29, 2022, when White, who was awaiting trial in a capital murder case, escaped the Lauderdale County Jail in Florence, Alabama, United States. Corrections officer Vicky White (no relation) engineered and facilitated the escape by taking Casey in a car to what she ...
Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, Wetumpka, Alabama. Alvin Howard Neelley Jr. (July 15, 1953 – October 21, 2005) and Judith Ann Adams Neelley (born June 7, 1964) are an American married couple who committed the kidnappings and torture murders of Lisa Ann Millican and Janice Kay Chatman; they also attempted a third abduction.
Eddie Burkhalter, a researcher at nonprofit law and justice center Alabama Appleseed, said the prison system last year had a record 325 deaths including at least 10 homicides.
In a quarter of those cases, no criminal charges were filed. In half of all asset forfeiture cases that year, the amount of cash was $1,372 or less—too little for most people to bother hiring a ...
Walter McMillian. Walter " Johnny D. " McMillian (October 27, 1941 – September 11, 2013) [1] was a pulpwood worker from Monroeville, Alabama, who was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to death. His conviction was wrongfully obtained, based on police coercion and perjury. In the 1988 trial, under a controversial Alabama doctrine ...