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Alabama lawmakers want to impose death penalty on child rapists, challenging precedent
Alabama lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce a bill that would make the rape or sodomy of a child a capital offense, ...
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Alabama lawmakers discuss legislation to change state's death penalty after Bibb County child sex trafficking investigation
Alabama lawmakers are holding a news conference to propose extending the death penalty to individuals convicting of sexually ...
Bibb County bunker case drives Alabama lawmakers pushing child rape death penalty: ‘A special place in hell’
A Bibb County grand jury indicted five Alabama men and two women in the case. They face accusations of raping, sodomizing and ...
‘Underground bunker’ arrests pushing Alabama lawmakers to call for death penalty in child rape cases
The motion comes after seven people were arrested in Bibb County in a sexual abuse case; their charges range from rape to ...
Alabama lawmakers push for death penalty eligibility for child rape cases
A pair of Alabama lawmakers held a press conference in Montgomery Thursday morning to talk about their push to make child ...
2 Alabama lawmakers push for death penalty against child rapists for certain sex-related crimes against children
Two lawmakers in Alabama continue to push for the death penalty in certain sex crimes against children. Senator April Weaver ...
Alabama AG advocates for extending death penalty to cover sex abuse of a child
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall held a news conference Thursday morning to discuss extending the death penalty to ...
Alabama legislators propose expanding death penalty to cover child sex abuse cases
In response to recent child sex abuse cases in Alabama, state lawmakers are advocating for legislation that would extend the death penalty to those convicted of ...
Judge stays execution to evaluate if Alabama inmate is competent
An Alabama state judge has ordered a mental health evaluation to see if a man on death row with a history of mental illness ...
Alabama lawmaker wants to add to the list of offenses that would send people to death row
An Alabama legislator wants to expand the number of circumstances that can allow the death penalty to be imposed. Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, has prefiled HB 20 for the 2026 session, which would make ...