Louisiana prepares to resume executions after 15 years
The Louisiana governor and attorney general are in favor of getting the execution process moving again after executions were ...
Alabama lawmakers look into paroles and ‘oversight of a board that currently just ignores all’
The bill moved to the full House of Representatives for consideration, passing the House Judiciary Committee with 8 votes in ...
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Alabama Appellate Court Appears Poised to Deliver Big Win for Cannabis Commission
Longtime readers of Budding Trends (and there are dozens of you) know that I have been saying over and over recently that – ...
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Death Penalty Fast Facts
According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...
Alabama bill would provide criminal penalty for animal abandonment
A bill regarding the treatment of animals in Alabama was introduced on Tuesday. HB249 would prohibit the abandonment of a dog ...
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Louisiana Death Penalty Resumes Amid Controversy
The Louisiana Legislature approved the use of nitrogen gas executions last year, following Alabama's implementation of the ...
Louisiana ready to resume executions
With the support of Governor Jeff Landry, Louisiana’s Attorney General, Liz Murrill, signaled the state is ready to resume executions.
Alabama seeks to join states that allow the death penalty for child rape
Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some Republicans hope to entice the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the decision banning ...
Opinion
Arson is not equal to murder: California Supreme Court should overturn death row verdict | Opinion
Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.