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Tornadoes kill at least 6 in Alabama as severe storms pummel the Southeast

The severe weather led to several deaths in Autauga County.

Axios · Jan 13, 2023

Alabama to allow concealed guns without permit in 2023

Alabama on Jan. 1 will become the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without getting a state permit that requires a background check

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

Judge allows Mississippi execution amid inmates’ lawsuit

A federal judge says he will not block Mississippi from executing an inmate who is suing the state over its use of three drugs for lethal injections

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

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Alabama’s execution problems are part of a long history of botched lethal injections

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has announced a pause in her state’s use of capital punishment. It follows a run of botched lethal injection executions in the state, including two where the procedure had to be abandoned before the inmates succumbed to the cocktail of death drugs.

The Conversation · Nov 29, 2022

Judge mulls arguments in Mississippi death penalty protocol

A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when it puts inmates to death

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Attorneys: 'Botched' execution caused pain and torture

Attorneys say an Alabama inmate was "subjected to ever-escalating levels of pain and torture” during an aborted execution

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

Alabama halts executions; can't fix them

After a gruesome series of executions gone wrong, Gov. Kay Ivey hits pause. But there's no fixing the death penalty

Salon · Nov 23, 2022

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Alabama death row inmate describes state’s botched execution attempt

Kenneth Eugene Smith set to be put to death with nitrogen gas but spoke out angrily in December when his killing by lethal injection was abandoned after prison personnel struggled to place an IV

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022

Alabama governor demands pause in executions after third failed lethal injection attempt

Alabama governor Kay Ivey has demanded a pause in executions and review of the state's capital punishment system after the failed attempt to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday

Daily Mirror · Nov 22, 2022

Alabama's Governor Calls for a Moratorium on Executions in the State

While the pause comes as a relief to those opposed to the death penalty, Ivey's full-throated defense of the practice makes it clear that she seeks only a temporary pause in executions, not an end to the policy.

Reason · Nov 22, 2022

Slavery's ghost haunts cotton gin factory's transformation

A construction project in Alabama demonstrates the difficulty of telling complicated U.S. history in 2022

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

Alabama is pausing executions after a 3rd failed lethal injection

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a "top-to-bottom" review of the state's capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection.

WEKU · Nov 21, 2022

Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is seeking a pause in executions and ordering a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time

Alabama started and then stopped another lethal injection because prison workers were unable to establish the intravenous lines needed to administer a deadly dose

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

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The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

Republican Ivey poised for re-election as Alabama governor

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is poised to win a second full term against Democrat Yolanda Flowers, the first Black woman to win a major party’s gubernatorial nomination in the state

Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022

Possible end of emergency spurs debate on Medicaid

WASHINGTON — The potential end of the COVID-19 public health emergency has reinvigorated debate over the merits and costs of expanding Medicaid.

Roll Call · Nov 7, 2022

Possible end of emergency spurs debate on Medicaid - Roll Call

With the end of the public health emergency looming, advocates argue that the 12 states that have not expanded Medicaid should reconsider.

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

Prisoners in Alabama keep dying as inmates go on statewide labour strike

Federal government sued Alabama prisons for poor conditions in 2020

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The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Alabama sidesteps compensation for survivor of '63 KKK blast

Sarah Collins Rudolph lost an eye and has pieces of glass inside her body from a Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed her sister and three other Black girls inside an Alabama church 59 years ago

Salon · Aug 3, 2022

Journo blocked from execution for skirt

Editor rips “sexist and an egregious breach of professional conduct”

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2022

Joe Nathan James Jr executed in Alabama despite plea for clemency from his murder victim Faith Hall’s family

A prisoner convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago has been executed in the US despite pleas from the victim's family to spare his life.

Daily Mirror · Jul 29, 2022

Chilling silence before execution as murderer refuses to give family final words

Joe Nathan James Jr, 49, had no final words before he was executed for the murder of Faith Hall in 1994 while her family said his death by lethal injection was not justice

Daily Mirror · Jul 29, 2022

Murderer Joe Nathan James executed despite desperate plea for mercy from victim's family

Joe Nathan James Jr was sentenced to death in 1996, two years after gunning down former lover Faith Hall - but Ms Hall's family had called for the state of Alabama to change his sentence to life in prison

WEKU · Jul 28, 2022

Alabama execution set despite opposition from victim's kin

Joe Nathan James Jr. was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend nearly three decades ago. The execution is scheduled to proceed despite a request from the victim's family to spare his life.

WEKU · Jul 28, 2022

Alabama execution is set despite opposition from the victim's family

Joe Nathan James Jr. was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend nearly three decades ago. The execution is scheduled to proceed despite a request from the victim's family to spare his life.

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