An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved two bills that would expand the list of criminal offenses eligible for the ...

DAPHNE, Ala. (WKRG) — The death penalty could be on the table for those in Alabama who are found guilty of using a weapon to ...

Gov. Kay Ivey Tuesday called for expansions to a voucher-like school program and broader use of the death penalty in her ...

Right now, anyone convicted of raping or sodomizing a child 5 years old or younger in Alabama can be sentenced to life ...

People convicted of rape or sodomy of a child younger than 12 would face the death penalty under a bill that advanced ...

The Alabama Legislature begins its annual session Tuesday and will be ready to vote on bills as early as Thursday. A bill to ...

At present, I want to expand on how anger and retribution, which underpin the death penalty, are perversions of the soul and ...

The legislative session is picking up, and a bill to expand the death penalty is waiting for the full chamber to consider its ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama lawmakers want to crack down on sex crimes against children. A bill is being debated in the ...

A push to strengthen penalties for child sex crimes is advancing in Alabama. The Child Predator Death Penalty Act, which ...

As Alabama lawmakers begin the new legislative session this week, Governor Kay Ivey is urging the swift passage of the Child ...

A bill in the Alabama House of Representatives is waiting for full chamber approval after being passed by the House Judiciary ...