The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...

The bill has been amended to be known as Parker’s Law, for the child of the mother who first shared her story.

HB49, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, stated that a person age 18 or older could face death or life imprisonment if ...

A bill that would protect in vitro fertilization in Georgia is moving through the General Assembly. Concerns about in vitro ...

Alabama lawmakers moved forward with a bill allowing the death penalty for child rapists, hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will reassess its 2008 decision that deemed such punishment unconstitutional.

SPLC Senior Policy Analyst Introduction Alabama residents Greg and Teresa Almond lost their home, business and reputation, ...

Alabama was one of the first states to enact legislation allowing student-athletes to profit from their name, image and ...

Bills changing unemployment requirements, imposing the death penalty and requiring parental consent for vaccines passed the ...

From legendary trash talk to playing left-handed just for fun, the stories about Larry Bird are almost too crazy to believe. But former players confirm—they’re all real. Bird wasn’t just a great ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Mueller, a former public defender, eventually took the case and mostly won at trial. A jury acquitted Thompson of the felony ...

R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a ...