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Alabama lawmakers question parole board chair on low releases, lack of responsiveness
‘The idea that only 8% of applicants out of the entire parole-eligible population are the only people that can get out — it’s just asinine.’
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Families describe assaults and deaths behind bars during hearing on Alabama prison conditions
One woman described how her son was beaten in a 2016 prison riot. Other speakers described paying thousands in extortion payments to other inmates threatening to harm their loved one.
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Activists rally for bill that would allow some Alabama death row inmates to be resentenced
There are 33 people on Alabama’s death row who were sentenced to death by a judge even though a jury had recommended life imprisonment.
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Alabama Governor signs legislation protecting IVF providers from legal liability into law
Patients and doctors had traveled to Montgomery, to urge lawmakers to find a solution. They described appointments that were abruptly canceled and how their paths to parenthood were suddenly put in doubt.
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Alabama lawmakers advance plan to protect IVF clinics
Republican Rep. Mark Gidley of Hokes Bluff said he wants lawmakers to consider putting regulation on fertility clinics
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The fight over Alabama’s congressional redistricting now shifts back to federal court
The outcome could have consequences across the country as the case again weighs the requirements of the Voting Rights Act in redistricting.
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Alabama lawmakers to convene to redraw maps U.S. Supreme Court declared unfair to Black voters
The Supreme Court decision sets up Alabama’s first significant revamp of its congressional districts since 1992.
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Alabama Governor defends dismissal of cabinet member
In announcing the action last week, Gov. Kay Ivey derided what she called ‘woke concepts.’
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Trans youth medication ban passed by Alabama lawmakers
Alabama lawmakers approved sweeping legislation Thursday to outlaw gender-affirming medications for transgender youths, as well as a separate measure setting rules about school bathrooms and prohibiting early classroom instruction on sexual and gender identity — a bill critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.”