The director of a movie exposing the conditions within the Alabama prison system has invited Kay Ivey to the Academy Awards.
Nearly 30 years later, DNA tech leads to an inmate tied to the 1996 kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Morgan Violi. Discover the details behind this chilling breakthrough.
Members of multiple agencies gathered Friday to announce a "significant development" in the case of Morgan Violi, a child ...
Advocates for incarcerated men and women say they are determined to keep the public spotlight on the “humanitarian crisis” depicted in the new HBO documentary about Alabama prisons. They held a ...
The inmate who escaped from a Florence, Alabama, jail with a corrections officer last Friday was awaiting trial on capital murder charges. But those charges were just the latest in a litany of ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists who supported a 2022 prison strike and were featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary about the troubled ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Family members and supporters of an Alabama inmate scheduled to be executed this month pleaded Wednesday for the state to spare his life as he maintained he did not commit ...
ATMORE, Ala. -- Thirteen minutes into his execution by injection, an Alabama inmate heaved and coughed and appeared to move during tests meant to determine consciousness. Ronald Bert Smith Jr., 45, ...
A 78-year-old inmate serving a life sentence has died in prison. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the inmate as Donald Jackson. Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said Jackson was found ...