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Stricter child trafficking law heralded as ‘punishment that is deserved’
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 5 days agoGovernor Kay Ivey has signed “The Sound of Freedom Act” into law. It strengthens the consequences...
Alabama enacts new human trafficking law; 'toughest in America'
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 7 days agoGov. Kay Ivey signed the Sound of Freedom Act into law Wednesday, which raises the penalty for first-degree human trafficking to a mandatory sentence of ...
New Law Means Tougher Penalties For Child Trafficking Offenders
WDHN Dothan via Yahoo News· 1 week agoDOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN)— Local prosecutors are reacting to the Governor’s signing of a law that stiffens...
New law will create tougher penalties for human traffickers
WHNT Huntsville via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHuman trafficking in Alabama was a Class A felony, punishable by 20-years to life in prison under...
Fatal anomaly exception didn’t spare Alabama mom who needed an abortion
Stateline via Yahoo News· 1 week agoEditor’s note: This is the fourth installment of an occasional States Newsroom series called When...
Alabama man convicted of killing 5 people asks to be executed: ‘It’s the right thing to do’
CBS 58 Milwaukee· 2 weeks ago“I don’t want to die,” Dearman told CNN in a phone interview Friday from a prison in Atmore,...
What passed in the Alabama Legislature: April 16-18, 2024
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHere is a list of the legislation that passed the Alabama Legislature this week. House HB 384,...
Another Alabama Death Row inmate set to die
Birmingham News· 7 days agoGavin is set to die by lethal injection, after he didn’t opt-in to being executed by the state’s new method- nitrogen gas- in 2018 when inmates had the...
Funeral Homes Reported to Families That Loved Ones’ Organs Were Missing. It Gets Worse
The Root via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe families of nearly seven deceased Alabama inmates filed lawsuits against the state Department of...
Oh Dear God, Tennessee Just Passed a Bill Banning Chemtrails, Which Are Not Real
Esquire· 6 days agoThe bill forbids "intentional injection, release, or dispersion" of chemicals into the air. It...