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Equal Justice Initiative plans memorial to lynching victims in Alabama
The Equal Justice Initiative has announced plans to open a national memorial to lynching victims next year in Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery-based organization released a stunning report...
Florida marijuana initiative has enough signatures to appear on 2024 ballot
Smart & Safe Florida, a campaign supporting a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in Florida, has collected 967,528 valid signatures, exceeding the...
National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery open to the public
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a six-acre site overlooking the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery opened to the public on Thursday.
Dedicated to 4,075 blacks...
Alabama lawyer depicted in ‘Just Mercy’ wins ‘alternative Nobel’
Bryan Stevenson, who founded the Equal Justice Initiative in 1989, was named a recipient of annual Right Livelihood Award.
Family members of incarcerated Alabamians hold rally at State Capitol
Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector
Family members of people incarcerated in Alabama’s prisons said at a State Capitol rally Wednesday that their...
Alabama wants to be the 1st state to execute a prisoner by making him...
Alabama is seeking to become the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen.
The...
Alabama extends time for executions, ends automatic review
Alabama has changed death penalty procedures to give the prison system more time to carry out executions — a move that comes...
Man dies after apparent assault at Limestone prison
A man at Limestone Correctional Facility was killed Wednesday in an apparent inmate-on-inmate assault, the state prison system confirmed.
Alabama calls off execution of Kenneth Smith after difficulties inserting IV
Alabama’s execution of a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife was called off Thursday just before the...
Execution set in murder-for-hire of preacher’s wife
Alabama is preparing to execute a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife, even though a jury recommended...
