Alabama

The last-minute reprieve came nearly three hours after a divided U.S. Supreme Court had cleared the way for the execution to begin

Yusef Maisonet, an imam to Muslim death row inmates Dominique Ray and Nathaniel Wood, alleged that Alabama violated his rights by barring him from attending the inmates’ executions

While the method has never been used, some argue that it will be more humane than the state’s current three-drug lethal injection cocktail

Casey White and Vicky White may have planned his escape over the phone, but authorities must listen to each call before making a determination

While nitrogen hypoxia has been authorized by Alabama and two other states for executions, it has never been used by a state

States began proposing nitrogen hypoxia as an alternate execution method because of difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs and ongoing litigation

Officer Rickey Cooper had served the Easterling Correctional Facility for nearly 15 years

Critics claim earmarking stimulus money for new prisons is an "improper expenditure" for the funds

Though Casey White has been charged with Vicky White's death, the indictment does not say he killed her

D.A. Tony Clayton said the riot was just the latest in a string of issues involving teens at out-of-state facilities

The bond issue is a key funding piece for the $1.2 billion construction price tag

Phillip Shane Bradford avoided being caught for six days and was taken into custody with three other people

The 4,000-bed prisons will be much larger than any of the state's 13 current prisons for men

Critics of the construction plan argue the state is ignoring the bigger issues — prison staffing levels and leadership — to focus on buildings

Phillip Shane Bradford overpowered the sheriff’s deputy who took him to the hospital and fled in an ambulance, the sheriff’s office said