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Alabama: Pastor Can Hold Inmate's Hand During Execution
Alabama said it will allow a death row inmate’s pastor to hold his hand during a lethal injection next month, a decision that was made to end litigation over the issue.
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Across the South, a Push to Change Confederate School Names
Trude Lamb is a standout cross country runner at Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler, Texas, but the name on her jersey is a sharp reminder of a man “who didn’t believe people like me were 100% human.”
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Body of Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Crosses Selma Bridge
The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis has crossed Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon.
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Alabama Has Prison Suicide Crisis: Advocacy Group
An advocacy group charged Friday that Alabama officials have failed to address a rising suicide rate in state prisons despite a federal court order to improve conditions for mentally ill inmates. Attorneys representing inmates in an ongoing lawsuit over mental health care argued state officials have done “precious little” to address inmate suicides. “People are killing themselves in our prisons...
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Alabama Executes Muslim Inmate Who Wanted Imam Present
A Muslim inmate who filed a legal challenge because Alabama wouldn’t let his Islamic spiritual adviser be present in the execution chamber was put to death Thursday after the nation’s highest court cleared the way. Dominique Ray, 42, was pronounced dead at 10:12 p.m. of a lethal injection at the state prison in Atmore. Ray had argued Alabama’s execution procedure...
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Alabama Mall Shooting Officer Won't Face Charges for Killing Wrong Man
An Alabama police officer will not face charges for killing a man he mistook for the gunman in a mall shooting, the state’s attorney general announced Tuesday, drawing outrage from the slain man’s family who said the officer jumped to conclusions when he saw a young black man with a gun. An officer shot 21-year-old Emantic “EJ” Bradford, Jr. while...
