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Those in Alabama prisons need a reward system to encourage change
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEDITOR'S NOTE: Kenneth Traywick is incarcerated in Fountain Correctional Facility, a medium security...
Alabama gasses prisoner with nitrogen in first new execution method in decades
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoATMORE, Alabama (Reuters) -Alabama on Thursday executed convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who held...
Man begged for mental health care, told guards he was suicidal before his death
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChadrick Wade begged for help. The fire he'd lit outside his cell finally got the guards' attention....
Timeline in Alabama's failed attempt to execute Kenneth Smith
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's note: Reporter Evan Mealins was in Atmore, Alabama, on Thursday to witness the scheduled...
Mengele-like logic underpins Alabama's plan to gas a man to death
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBarring the unlikely success of last-minute litigation, today, at 6 p.m. CST, Kenneth Eugene Smith...
Alabama man convicted of Walnut Hill murder, dumping bodies in creek, gets life in prison
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAn Alabama man who killed one Escambia County man, thought he killed another and dumped their bodies...
Prison crisis continues, but Alabama Legislature largely avoids topic
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 1 month agoViolence in Alabama’s state prisons remains a persistent problem, but legislators in the 2024...
Alabama execution: Kenneth Smith killed by nitrogen gas in first death row case of its kind
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoConvicted murderer Kenneth Smith thrashed violently and repeatedly gasped for air during a 22-minute...
‘We Are Human Beings’: Alabama Prisoners Strike to Protest Abusive Conditions, Excessive Sentencing
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInmates across the deep-red state are refusing to work, demanding better treatment and an overhaul...
What happened at the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCritics who had worried the new execution method would be cruel and experimental said Kenneth Eugene...