Prison Slavery Up for a Vote in 5 States
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Michael Jennings was arrested on obstruction charges, even after a neighbor who called police over "suspicious person" concerns told officers she had made a mistake.
When one police officer's racist text messages surfaced online earlier this month, local officials found that city law prevented the outright firing of the officers involved.
Joe Nathan James appeared to have suffered for hours as prison officials tried to establish an IV for lethal injection.
Brookside faces several federal challenges for trying to fund its city by ticketing and towing the cars of anybody they can get away with.
It would signal that the transportation future involves decentralization and rapid change rather than Washington-style command-and-control.
Alabama's attorney general argues such medical transitioning is not rooted in America’s history and therefore not constitutionally protected.
The Moore family has lived on their land for generations. Now the state of Alabama says their homes must make way for a highway.
Somebody tell Tim James that his political party actually supports school choice.
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A major school choice bill is sitting in legislative limbo.
Contrary to some of the more breathless reactions, it doesn't suggest a conspiracy to help Republicans win elections by disenfranchising black voters.
But culture war political fights over race and sex education threaten their educational freedom.
Last week, Chief Mike Jones defended his campaign of fining everybody in sight. This week, he resigned.
Ron DeSantis killed people because Florida didn't impose tougher rules, we're told. But it's not true.
Brookside officers have been accused of fabricating violations and are being sued.
Alabama allows death row inmates to pick an execution method other than lethal injection. But this intellectually disabled prisoner didn't receive proper accommodation, a judge says.
If providing campaign buttons were grounds for disqualifying the results, would any election in modern American history be valid?
The FTC challenged a licensing scheme that it says limited consumer choice and excluded new providers.
Formal sentences cover for informal penalties including crowding, poor sanitation, beatings, and rape.
A federal court admitted the officers violated the man's rights. It doesn't matter.
States like Alabama that give government regulators control over the number of hospital beds tend to have less of them. That's bad even when there isn't a pandemic.
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Oklahoma, Alabama, and Montana are the latest states to deregulate homemade food sales.
A requirement that law enforcement obtain a conviction before it can forfeit property was stripped from the bill.
Even government officials can occasionally admit the need for limits to their thievery.
The suit follows a scathing 2019 report detailing unchecked violence and sexual assault against incarcerated people.
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Those who say the statues preserve heritage should reconsider the heritage they want to preserve.
County offices and courts are closed for COVID-19, but the jails are full.
Only 10 jurors sentenced Nathaniel Woods to death for the deaths of three police officers.
Peace on earth and good will toward men?
The state wants to add cops to the list of oppressed classes.
The man will finally be released from prison.
Sanity prevails (for now) in Alabama case that sparked national outrage.
What the hell is going on with this state?
Alabama is one of the least transparent states in the U.S. when it comes to civil asset forfeiture. That could be changing.