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Former Prisoner Tells of Brutish Conditions, Green Dot Scheme  

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Over the last three days, violence at Alabama’s Holman Prison in Atmore has made national news.  On Monday, March 14, the Alabama Political Reporter (APR) spoke with a former inmate, who asked not to be identified, about conditions in the troubled Alabama Corrections System. The prisoner, who we will … Continued
March 16, 2016

Sessions Questions if U.S. Should Accept Syrian Refugees

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, September 10, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R from Alabama) released a written statement in response to President Barack H Obama’s (D) announcement that they plan to expand refugee resettlement operations inside the U.S. Sen. Sessions said, “The United States has been doing more than its ‘fair share’ … Continued
September 11, 2015

Sessions Says More H1B Visas Would Only Squash the Dreams of More American Workers

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, July 8, US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) issued a statement in response to Microsoft’s latest announcement of layoffs. Despite the fact that Microsoft already has more workers than it needs the company continues to push for I-Squared and other legislation to drastically increase the number of H-1B visa-holders. … Continued
July 9, 2015

Republicans Pleased that President Put Forward an ISIS Strategy

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Bradley Byrne (R) from Montrose issued a written statement following President Barack Obama’s prime-time address regarding a strategy for combating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). U.S. Representative Byrne said: “I was pleased that President Obama finally put forward a strategy to combat ISIS in the … Continued
September 11, 2014

Bachus Promotes Project to Increase Student Safety on Campus

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Spencer Bachus (R) from Vestavia spoke at a news conference at Samford University to announce a collaborative project to promote student safety at five colleges and universities in the Birmingham area.  Samford University in Homewood has received a $499,551 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for an … Continued
October 22, 2012

Strange and Jeffco DA Announce Mutliple Charges Against Violent Career Criminal

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Patrick O’Neal Warren has already been such a repeated menace to the people of Alabama that he has earned himself a life sentence in a state penitentiary. Now investigators with Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange’s Cold Case Unit has identified additional crimes that Warren may have committed. AG Luther … Continued
August 30, 2012

Prominent Attorney and Author Asks Bentley to Pardon Scottsboro Boys

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Prominent Birmingham criminal defense attorney Richard S Jaffe is asking Alabama Governor Robert Bentley to pardon the Scottsboro boys who remain unpardoned. Mr. Jaffe is part of a team of lawyers who are working on pardons for the Scottsboro boys who still have this rape conviction on their Alabama … Continued
August 29, 2012

Rape, abortion and RU-486 controversy comes home to Alabama

By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Representative Todd Akin, the Republican Senate nominee from Missouri, ignited a firestorm across the political spectrum last Sunday by saying that in instances of what he called “legitimate rape,” women’s bodies somehow blocked an unwanted pregnancy. Akin’s controversial remarks has stirred the abortion debate around the country and inside … Continued
August 23, 2012

Strange Announces Cold Case Indictments of Serial Rapist in Morgan County

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange and Morgan County District Attorney Scott Anderson that a Morgan County Grand Jury has indicted David Leon Garth age 44 for multiple sex crimes during a 1980s crime spree. The crimes involving six women occurred between November 1985 and May 1986.  Mr. Garth is … Continued
August 9, 2012

Strange Announces Multiple Indictments Of Former Troy Police Officer for Sex Crimes Against Child

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced that a Pike County Grand Jury has indicted Willie Toney, age 61, for multiple sex crimes against a child.  The recently retired Troy police officer was arrested Wednesday by agents of the Alabama Bureau of Investigation and the Pike County Sheriff‘s Office. … Continued
August 3, 2012