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Hoover Police shot Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., an African American male, stating he was an active shooter in the Galleria Mall. Just hours later they admitted to mistakenly identifying him.
Alabama voters passed Amendment 1, allowing for the Ten Commandments on public property including schools, and passed Amendment 2, paving the way to criminalize abortion with no exceptions.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama launched its first ever non-partisan billboard campaign to draw attention to the special District Attorney race in Jefferson County.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama filed a lawsuit today on behalf of three Alabama citizens challenging Secretary of State John Merrill for blocking them on Twitter, claiming that as an elected government official, Merrill’s actions violate the First Amendment.
Today, people who were jailed simply because they could not afford bail in Cullman County, Alabama, won a significant victory when a federal court judge ruled that the practice of jailing those who cannot pay is unconstitutional.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The ACLU of Alabama today released a report that outlines how Alabama can cut incarceration in half by pursuing reforms like changing drug sentencing laws and sentencing enhancement laws, reducing sentencing ranges, and addressing its juvenile justice system.