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

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

An Alabama state judge has ordered a mental health evaluation to see if a man on death row with a history of mental illness ...

David Lee Roberts' execution has been temporarily stayed to assess his mental competency. Roberts was convicted of a 1992 murder and sentenced to death, despite the jury's recommendation for life ...

The Alabama Supreme Court and the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have both refused to stop the execution of an Alabama inmate convicted of killing three people during the 1994 robbery of fast ...

Alabama last year became the first state to carry out an execution with nitrogen gas, a method that involves pumping nitrogen through a face mask and depriving the inmate of oxygen.

Alabama last year became the first state to carry out an execution with nitrogen gas, a method that involves pumping nitrogen through a face mask and depriving the inmate of oxygen.