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OZARK, Ala. – Alabama cop Aaron Cody Smith's trial for fatally shooting unarmed Black man Greg Gunn in Montgomery in 2016 started this week. Today, a jury found him guilty of manslaughter. The ACLU of Alabama has the following statement:
A U.S. District Court in Alabama granted a preliminary injunction today blocking an extreme Alabama law that would have banned abortion in nearly all instances and that threatened doctors with up to 99 years in prison for performing an abortion.
WASHINGTON D.C. — The Supreme Court announced today that it will not review an Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision that unanimously struck down an Alabama abortion restriction.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Less than 24 hours after the Alabama Senate passed HB314, the nation’s most restrictive ban on abortion that includes no exceptions for rape or incest, Governor Ivey has signed this legislation.