By Steve Flowers As the legislature and governor prepare for the upcoming initial legislative session of the quadrennium, they are facing ominous and obvious problems. The general fund is in... Read more
By Scott Buttram BIRMINGHAM — An inmate died Saturday at the Jefferson County Jail after a deputy deployed a Taser to bring the inmate under control, according to a statement from Rand... Read more
By Gary Lloyd MONTGOMERY — Gov. Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced the launch of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, a comprehensive study of the state’s criminal justice system that... Read more
By Gary Lloyd MONTGOMERY — The Southern Poverty Law Center sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice today, urging it to investigate allegations of violence, abuse and neglect of... Read more
By Gary Lloyd The American Civil Liberties Union in a report released Wednesday found that at least 3,278 prisoners are serving life-without-parole sentences for nonviolent crimes and that 2... Read more
