Alabama

News August 1

Do states have an obligation to educate formerly incarcerated people about their new rights?

By Eli Hager

Case in Point January 29

Justice Poker

Sometimes capital punishment is just the luck of the draw.

By Andrew Cohen

News December 13, 2017

The Alabama Democrat represents the flip-side of his predecessor.

By Justin George

Life Inside July 13, 2017

A rash of suicides in solitary confinement hits an inmate close to home.

By Anonymous as told to Beth Schwartzapfel

News March 12, 2017

Now 28, he’ll be re-sentenced, unless the court finds him ‘irreparably corrupt.’

By Beth Schwartzapfel

Case in Point January 9, 2017

Alabama never forgave Phillip Chance for running away.

By Andrew Cohen

Commentary December 20, 2016

For defenders, the frantic paperwork ends, and so does a client’s life.

Leah A. Nelson

Feature December 7, 2016

Judges have uniquely uncommon power in the state.

By Kent Faulk

Case in Point October 24, 2016

Ex-prisoners challenge a law that lets local bureaucrats judge “moral turpitude.”

By Andrew Cohen

News September 27, 2016

Prisoners can be forced to work without pay — the Constitution says so.

By Beth Schwartzapfel