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Incoming Alabama chief justice proposes job court to address recidivism
A prison corridor in Holman Correctional Facility in 2019. Sarah Stewart, the incoming Alabama Chief Justice, told lawmakers ...
Supreme Court orders more review of Alabama’s request to execute inmate courts said is intellectually disabled
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a federal appeals court to take another look at the case of a death row inmate in Alabama ...
After defeat, Alabama Republicans mull challenging new congressional districts
After a historic election night, some Republicans in the state are looking to revisit the state's congressional district map.
Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court wants new ruling in case involving convicted murderer with low IQ
In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled that executing someone with an intellectual disability violates the 8 th Amendment’s ban on ...
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US Supreme Court tosses intellectual disability ruling on death row inmate
The U.S. Supreme Court threw out on Monday a judicial decision that had spared a man convicted of murder in Alabama from ...
US Supreme Court calls ruling ‘unclear’ on whether Alabama Death Row inmate Joseph Clifton Smith intellectually disabled
The nation’s highest court weighed in on an Alabama Death Row inmate’s case on Monday, asking the appeals court to again rule ...
Sarah Stewart elected as chief justice of Alabama Supreme Court
Sarah Stewart has been elected as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, according to The Associated Press.
Supreme Court sends case testing limits of death penalty for intellectually disabled back to lower court
The Supreme Court vacated a federal appeals court’s decision blocking a death row inmate’s execution because he says he’s intellectually disabled, ordering the lower court to issue a clearer ...
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Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice, Court of Criminal Appeals & local amendments election results
Votes are being tallied in Alabama after residents cast their ballots in the November Election for president and other local ...
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Supreme Court orders more review of Alabama’s request to execute inmate courts said is intellectually disabled
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a federal appeals court to take another look at the case of a death row inmate in Alabama whom lower courts found has an intellectual disability. The Supreme ...
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Supreme Court to Hear Louisiana Congressional Map Case After Election
The Supreme Court ultimately upheld the Alabama ruling, prompting the creation of a new map with an additional district ...