Alabama's first death penalty occurred in 1812. From 1812 to 1927, the central method for the death penalty in Alabama was hanging. In 1927, the electric chair, currently known as "Yellow Mama" was made known to Alabama as a death penalty. Presently, the leading method is lethal injection. Inmates imprisoned on Death Row preceding to 2002 can choose to be terminated by the electric chair or lethal injection.
Fun Facts
+ There has been 153 inmates executed from 1927 to 1976
+ "Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty" is an anti-death penalty organization founded by actual inmates on Death Row
+ In 2010, Alabama executed five individuals, the most in the country for that year
+ Most Death Row inmates were represented for appeals by attorneys who were charged with misconduct
+ Alabama in the only state in the US that does not have a state-funded program providing legal assistance for Death Row inmates
+ "Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty" is an anti-death penalty organization founded by actual inmates on Death Row
+ In 2010, Alabama executed five individuals, the most in the country for that year
+ Most Death Row inmates were represented for appeals by attorneys who were charged with misconduct
+ Alabama in the only state in the US that does not have a state-funded program providing legal assistance for Death Row inmates
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