Alabama
State update
Link to Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty
Link to death penalty and execution statute
(Title 15, Chapter 18, Article 5)
Date death penalty reenacted
May 3, 1976
Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?
No
How is the sentence determined?
Judge can override the jury's recommendation
Location of death row(s)
Atmore (Women: Wetumpka)
Clemency process
Governor has sole authority with restrictions to commutations to life
Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)
Around 6:00pm
Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973
6
Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973
- Walter (Johnny D) McMillian, 1993
- Randall Padgett, 1997
- James "Bo" Cochran, 1997
- Gary Drinkard, 2001
- Wesley Quick, 2003
- Daniel Wade Moore, 2009
