Prisons
Casey McWhorter, 49, was executed by the state via lethal injection for the 1993 murder and robbery of Edward Lee Williams Sr.
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Figures, Dobson face off in congressional debate
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- Governor
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Department of Revenue publishes proposed rules for CHOOSE Act
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Jarrod Johnson named CEO of UAB Callahan Eye
Thomasville Regional Medical Center closure intensifies Alabama’s rural healthcare crisis
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execution stories
Prisons
Gov. Kay Ivey set the execution date and time for Casey McWhorter, an incarcerated individual on death row.
Governor
The state will now have 30 hours to carry out the execution, a six-hour boost over the previous limit.
Legislature
Judges have been barred from overriding the jury in death penalty sentencing since the Legislature passed a law to that effect in 2018.
Governor
In 1982, Neelley, along with her late husband, Alvin Howard Neelley, abducted 13-year-old Lisa Ann Millican.
Prisons
The ACLU is criticizing Ivey for proposing that the state be granted more time to carry out certain executions.
Prisons
Ivey suggested "death warrants" be extended past the 24-hour window when the process is delayed by a stay of execution.
Prisons
Commissioner John Hamm assured Ivey that the Department of Corrections was prepared to carry out the death sentence successfully, only to fail again.
Prisons
The groups are calling for transparency in response to the delayed execution of Joe James Jr. in July, in which witnesses were kept outside...
Featured Opinion
The account from Joe Nathan James' autopsy is horrifying, and no one in Alabama government is talking about it.