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Alabama apparently tortured a man. No one seems to care

The account from Joe Nathan James' autopsy is horrifying, and no one in Alabama government is talking about it.
August 22, 2022

Funeral held for slain Moody police officer Williams

Monday, slain Moody police officer Lt. Stephen Williams was buried less than a week after he was killed in the line of duty. Williams was responding to a report of a disturbance at the Super 8 Motel on Highway 411 in Moody when he and a police trainee were fired upon. “Fallen Moody PD Lt. … Continued
June 9, 2020

House committee passes bill cutting out appeals court in death penalty cases

Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill preventing prisoners convicted to death from appealing their case to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. House Bill 275 was sponsored by State Representative Connie Rowe, R-Jasper. “This bill was brought to me by the Lt Governor,” Will Ainsworth (R). Rep. Jim Hill, R-Odenville, chairs the House … Continued
March 13, 2020

Pleas for clemency mount ahead of execution set for Thursday

At 6 p.m. today Nathaniel Woods is to be put to death at Holman prison for the shooting deaths of three police officers whom he did not shoot.  A jury in 2005 convicted Woods of being an accomplice to the deaths of the three Birmingham police officers – Charles Bennett, Carlos Owen and Harley Chisholm … Continued
March 5, 2020