Death Penalty
Alabama mail bomber Walter Moody, 83, became the oldest inmate put to death in modern U.S. history on Thursday night after the Supreme Court refused to intervene in the execution.
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Broadway Producer Fights Back Against Harper Lee Estate
Hollywood producer Scott Rudin’s theater company filed a $10 million countersuit against the estate of author Harper Lee for trying to block an upcoming stage adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and offered a courtroom performance featuring actor Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch.
Read more11th Circuit Pummels Alabama With Questions Over Teen Abortion Law
Oral arguments before the 11th Circuit usually last 15 minutes per side. But in a small courtroom in Montgomery, Alabama, a trio of judges grilled a lawyer for the state of Alabama for over an hour about the roles of the district attorney, judge and parents in the event a minor seeks a judge’s approval for an abortion instead of her parents.
Read moreThree Charged With Bribery in Alabama Over Diabetes Care
A federal indictment unsealed Monday claims the founder of Trina Health bribed a former Republican Alabama lawmaker in an effort to force the state’s largest insurer to cover the specialized diabetes treatment his clinics provided.
Read moreFormer Kindergarten Teacher Sentenced for Child Pornography
A former kindergarten teacher in Alabama was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday, after pleading guilty to one count of producing child pornography.
Read moreHarper Lee Estate Sues Over ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Play
The representative of the estate of famed American author Harper Lee sued a New York theater production company, accusing it of changing too much in its upcoming stage adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Read more1 Dead After Bus Carrying Texas Students Plunges Into Ravine
At least one person is dead after a charter bus carrying students from a Houston-area marching band on a trip to Disney World crashed into a ravine Tuesday morning in Alabama.
Read moreAlabamans Fight 11th Circuit on Water-Contamination Deal
Unhappy with the $5 million that Daikin NA will pay to settle contaminated-water claims, 300 Alabamans pushed the 11th Circuit on Thursday to make the fluorochemical company pay for future damages.
Read moreWatchdog Accuses Key PAC in Alabama Race of Hiding Donors
Worried other political action committees could follow suit in the midterm elections, a campaign finance watchdog complained to the Federal Elections Commission that a PAC supporting Democratic U.S. Senator Doug Jones misreported millions of dollars in contributions in last year’s Alabama special election.
Read moreAlabama City Sued Over Taxes for Nixed School System
An Alabama resident leading a class action claims he has for the last four years paid taxes to a Birmingham suburb for a school district that doesn’t exist.
Read moreHigh Court to Review Death Penalty for Stroke-Addled Cop Killer
A stroke survivor whose execution the Supreme Court blocked last month persuaded the justices Monday to take up his case.
Read moreJudge Orders Hearing on Aborted Alabama Execution
A federal judge has scheduled a Monday hearing to discuss what happened during an aborted lethal injection in Alabama where lawyers said the inmate endured two-and-a-half hours of medical staff trying to access his veins before the state halted the execution.
Read moreSchool-Segregation Effort in Alabama Reversed at 11th Circuit
Ruling against a white community in Alabama that wanted to pull its children out of desegregated schools, the 11th Circuit agreed Tuesday that racial discrimination motivated the secessionist movement.
Read moreTransgender Residents Fight Alabama Driver’s License Policy
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of three transgender citizens challenging Alabama’s policy requiring proof of a sex change before it will change the gender designation on a state driver’s license.
Read moreMissing Girl’s Mom Sues Oxygen Network for $35 Million
The mother of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama girl who disappeared in Aruba in 2005 during a high school graduation trip, filed a $35 million lawsuit over Oxygen’s six-part series about Natalee’s father searching for her remains, calling the show “a pre-planned farce.”
Read moreHigh Court Blocks Execution of Killer With Dementia
With three votes against, the Supreme Court blocked the execution Thursday of a stroke survivor who no longer remembers killing a police officer decades ago.
Read moreRoy Moore Accuser Claims He Defamed Her
Leigh Corfman, who accused Roy Moore of molesting her when she was 14, sued the twice-dismissed Alabama Supreme Court judge and his Senate campaign Thursday, accusing them of defamation.
Read moreRoy Moore Accuser Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Him
A woman who says failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore molested her when she was 14 has filed a defamation lawsuit Moore and his campaign.
Read moreFeds Move to Protect Southern Salamander & Crawdad Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday finalized federal protections for the Alabama mudpuppy and proposed a Florida crayfish for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
Read moreJudge Rejects Roy Moore’s Suit in Alabama Senate Race
Alabama Democrat Doug Jones was officially declared the winner of a U.S. Senate race Wednesday after a judge rejected Republican Roy Moore’s last-ditch effort to stop the certification of Jones’ historic upset in a deep-red state.
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