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Former ADOC sergeant convicted in 2018 beating, attempted cover up

Devlon Williams was convicted for deprivation of rights under color of law, falsification of records and obstruction.

August 18, 2023

Wetumpka cat ladies were convicted, but the city will pay the price

A Wetumpka judge convicted two elderly women on four misdemeanor charges related to feeding stray cats.

December 15, 2022

Former Athens principal convicted for role in $10 million fraud scheme

Rick Carter, who was principal of the year in Alabama in 2013, was accused of falsifying student records to skim state dollars.

March 21, 2022

Despite conviction, Montgomery cop remains free two years later

Former Montgomery officer AC Smith was convicted in January 2020 of killing an unarmed Black man. He's still free today.

February 10, 2022

Alabama law students support new trial for man on death row

The students are joined by the prosecutor in the man's trial, former Attorney General Bill Baxley and others in asking for a new trial.

September 7, 2021

Alabama’s longest serving sheriff convicted on two felony charges

Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely was convicted of felony theft and a felony ethics charge.

August 3, 2021

Former Alabama prison supervisor convicted for failing to intervene in beating

Willie Burks watched the handcuffed person be beaten, then afterward said "that’s fair,"according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

July 24, 2021

Hubbard did the crime; he should do the time

Hubbard may not be a violent offender but his actions are a danger to society and a threat to the public.

September 23, 2020

A brief look at candidate Barry Moore

Former state Representative Barry Moore will face Dothan businessman Jeff Coleman in a Republican primary runoff for Alabama’s Second Congressional District on July 14. Moore entered politics in 2010, at the urging of then-Chair of the Republican Party Mike Hubbard. (Hubbard is a convicted felon who is sentenced to four years in state prison for … Continued

June 15, 2020

Man set to be executed Thursday for murders he did not commit

An Alabama man convicted in the 2004 shooting deaths of three police officers he did not kill is set to be executed this afternoon. Nathaniel Woods, 44, was convicted in 2005 of capital murder in the shooting deaths of three Birmingham police officers Carlos Owen, Harley A. Chisholm III and Charles R. Bennett. Woods was … Continued

March 5, 2020