The United Nations is calling for Alabama to halt the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith over the method planned, nitrogen hypoxia, which it says is torture.
Kenneth Smith, 58, is scheduled to be executed by Alabama’s new nitrogen hypoxia method on Jan. 25 despite his attorney’s arguments that being a test subject would violate his rights.
The Alabama DOC returned Brandon Dotson to his family with his heart missing – their attorney contends this is evidence of a pattern of “improperly and likely illegally” taking organs.
AL man Yeldon Rostchild has been released from jail after six years of being held for suspected murder. He pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice as part of the terms of his release.
Former 30-year-old priest from AL, Alex Crow requested his own removal from the Catholic clergy after leaving the country with an 18-year old student over the summer.
An Alabama man faces charges after he drove a vehicle into a pole outside a Bass Pro Shop in Leeds, stripped naked, ran into the store and jumped into the aquarium, police said.
An Alabama woman was struck dead by an oncoming vehicle while she was attempting to retrieve luggage that had fallen onto a highway in Daphne, Alabama, Tuesday.
A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was killed in a police chase that crossed into Alabama on Thursday. The deputy was struck and killed by another law enforcement vehicle.
Coweta County Deputy Sheriff Eric Minix was killed early Thursday when a police car ran him over during a high-speed chase of a stolen vehicle in Alabama.