Sunday, June 14, 2026

ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant

Clemency

The cost–benefit analysis of mercy in capital punishment

The political calculus can be unforgiving: show mercy and risk criticism; refuse and face little political consequence.

March 10, 2026

Biden clemency praised by LDF and SPLC, calls for broader justice reform

Biden has commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 individuals who were serving the remainder of their sentences in home confinement.

December 13, 2024

Alabamians gather at State House to support HB27: Clemency for Rocky Myers

HB27 would make Alabama’s ban on judicial override apply to those currently on death row.

March 22, 2024