Governor
Anti-death penalty advocates urged clemency, citing Taylor’s age when the crimes occurred and what they described as decades of change on death row.
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Booker, Sewell join Figures rally in Montgomery as Election Day nears
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Britt secures $128,000 for new city of Montevallo police patrol cars
Britt celebrates President Trump’s signing of the Clergy Act
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Sewell demands USPS reopen Hale County post office closed before election
Sewell announces $27M grant to modernize rural rail infrastructure in the Black Belt
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Ivey awards $27 million to Auburn, Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences
Alabama’s specialty schools have opened admission
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University of Alabama completes record $2.1 billion fundraising campaign
Troy University Everett Symposium focuses on ethical AI use
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UAB Hospital CEO Brenda Carlisle to retire this year
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HHS declares public health emergency in Alabama after Hurricane Isaias
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Alabama health care concerns rise as rural hospitals struggle
- Opinion
lethal injection stories
Prisons
Jeremy Williams waived further appeals, clearing the way for Alabama to schedule his execution in August.
State
Gavin was convicted of the 1998 murder of William Clayton Jr., who was shot outside of a bank in Centre.
Featured Opinion
After Thursday's execution, Gov. Kay Ivey said, "In Alabama, we uphold the rule of law." Which laws are those, exactly?
Prisons
Casey McWhorter, 49, was executed by the state via lethal injection for the 1993 murder and robbery of Edward Lee Williams Sr.
Governor
The state will now have 30 hours to carry out the execution, a six-hour boost over the previous limit.
Featured Opinion
By contradicting Ivey on the execution moratorium, Marshall made clear that respect for decency and law aren't important to him.
Prisons
The governor asked the attorney general not to seek additional executions for other incarcerated people until after "a top-to-bottom review."
Prisons
Commissioner John Hamm assured Ivey that the Department of Corrections was prepared to carry out the death sentence successfully, only to fail again.
Featured Opinion
The judge took issue with ADOC's secretive ways and mishandling of nitrogen hypoxia documents.