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SPLC: Emails show Trump advisor, former Jeff Sessions staffer, Stephen Miller promoted white nationalism

Leaked emails show Stephen Miller, Trump senior advisor and former staffer for then-U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, promoted white nationalist ideas and racist immigration stories to a conservative journalist, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which broke the story on Tuesday.  The SPLC’s first story in a series on the more than 900 emails details … Continued
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November 14, 2019

Parole hearings in Alabama will resume today after a two month suspension of hearings

Monday, State Pardons and Paroles director Judge Charlie Graddick said at a news conference that he speaks for the public by encouraging that actions taken regarding violent offenders be reviewed very carefully. “Foremost, inmates do not have an innate right to be paroled, they must earn such a privilege,” Graddick told reporters. “Parole consideration dates … Continued
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November 5, 2019

Civil Rights Memorial commemorates 30th Anniversary with special events

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Civil Rights Memorial with a special two-day event in November.  The Civil Rights Memorial, dedicated by the SPLC on Nov. 5, 1989, honors 40 people who were killed during the modern civil rights movement, a period framed by the 1954 Brown v. … Continued
October 29, 2019

SPLC releases special report claiming that Alabama’s Community Corrections system is flawed

Thursday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a special report that claims that Alabama’s community corrections pay-to-play model prioritizes making money over rehabilitation or public safety. The report, titled “Opportunity Costs: Unequal Justice in Alabama’s Community Corrections Programs,” is the first in a series analyzing what the SPLC sees as serious flaws within Alabama’s … Continued
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August 16, 2019

Merrill: SPLC criticism is an inaccurate representation of Alabama’s voter laws

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill responded Thursday to a recent op-ed published in the Montgomery Advertiser written by Nancy Abudu from the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center. “An article published Monday morning by Nancy Abudu presented readers with an inaccurate representation of Alabama’s voter laws and the ways in which the Alabama Secretary of … Continued
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June 14, 2019

Southern Poverty Law Center announces new Voting Rights Team, criticizes state for discouraging voters

The Southern Poverty Law Center released a statement announcing their new Voting Rights Team and encouraging the state of Alabama to increase voter turnout by ending practices that discourage voters, like requiring voter identification and marking voters as inactive in the state’s voter rolls. The new Voting Rights Team will challenge laws and practices that … Continued
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June 14, 2019

House passes bill to reform Pardons and Paroles Board

The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to reform the much-maligned Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. House Bill 380 is sponsored by State Rep. Connie Rowe, R-Jasper. Rowe is a retired police chief. The bill creates a director of pardons and paroles who is appointed by the governor and codifies the … Continued
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May 10, 2019