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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- In 2016, white police officer Aaron Smith shot and killed Greg Gunn, an unarmed Black man walking home from work in Montgomery. Today, Smith tried to plead for immunity based on self-defense using Alabama's stand-your-ground laws, but was denied by the judge.
The ACLU of Alabama is calling on Governor Ivey to withdraw Alabama National Guardsmen who were deployed along the U.S. – Mexico border.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Alabama presented arguments today at the 11th Circuit in West Alabama Women’s Center v. Miller, a case focusing on an Alabama state law prohibiting the use of dilation and evacuation (D&E), a medically-proven practice for performing abortions.
Today, Alabama’s Attorney General Steve Marshall and Representative Mo Brooks filed a lawsuit regarding the residency rule that is based on the 2020 census, claiming that including undocumented immigrants in
Yesterday, the Alabama House voted in favor of a bill so that “the right to display the Ten Commandments on property owned or administrated by a public school or public body is not restrained or abridged.” This bill was later amended to allow for other religious displays.
Yesterday, the Alabama House voted to allow the use of nitrogen gas for executions and it now goes to the Governor for her review. This method, in theory, would asphyxiate inmates with the gas if lethal injection drugs were not available or if it was ruled unconstitutional for a particular prisoner.