Republican Bill Barfoot, the measure's sponsor, estimates it would affect just 200 of the approximately 20,000 people in Alabama state prisons who were sentenced decades ago under a 1977 habitual ...

James Osgood, a 55-year-old death row inmate, was convicted of the 2010 rape and murder of Tracy Lynn Brown in Chilton County ...

A majority of Senate Republicans initially sank the bill on a 16-16 vote, but after nearly two hours of uncertainty, the bill ...

A former Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles employee pleaded guilty to three counts of use of office for personal gain on ...

Last week the Alabama Supreme Court granted the state attorney general’s request ... and Mr. Myers will spend the rest of his life in prison,” Ivey said. There were multiple questions ...

On March 26, 2025, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) made several arrests during an attempt to introduce ...

The state saw six executions in 2024 and ... according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The Alabama Department of Corrections lists 157 people currently on its death row.

Birmingham's mayor says Alabama's ban on Glock switches "gives a local tool" for police and prosecutors, with violators ...

Alabama’s governor and more than a dozen private businesses are free for now of allegations that they forced prisoners to participate in work programs and underpaid them, a federal judge said.