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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday set a July date for the state's first attempt at a lethal injection following a series of troubled executions.
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A federal appeals court on Friday said Alabama cannot execute a man with an IQ in the 70s, agreeing with a lower court's ruling that he is intellectually disabled and that his death sentence is unconstitutional.
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A federal judge says the Justice Department and an Alabama sheriff's office can move forward with a $2 million settlement of a lawsuit that claimed sheriff's officials ignored female jailers who reported being sexually harassed by male prisoners.
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A few hundred Alabama prisoners serving life sentences for crimes such as robbery under Alabama's stringent habitual offender law would see their punishments reviewed under legislation being considered.
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The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of an inmate this summer. The state is attempting to resume lethal injections following a series of troubled executions.
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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is taking control of prison litigation away from the Department of Corrections and moving it to his office. That's the latest move in a public disagreement between his office and the department.
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Alabama inmates could see more time behind bars under a bill the House approved that restricts the use of good behavior incentives to shorten prison stays. The Alabama House of Representatives voted 79-24 for the Senate-passed proposal that now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature.
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Governor Kay Ivey says an internal review of the state's execution procedures is complete and the state will begin scheduling lethal injections. She initiated the review in November after three lethal injections were aborted because of problems with intravenous lines.
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A lawsuit alleges a mentally ill man froze to death at an Alabama jail, arriving at a hospital emergency room with a body temperature of 72 degrees. That's according to a suit filed in federal court by the man's family. A separate suit alleges another inmate “baked to death.”
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A local nonprofit is raising concerns as the Alabama Department of Corrections releases several hundred inmates from state prisons. The early release program requires ADOC to notify victims as prisoners are let out.