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August 2023
Wearing prison guard's uniform, incarcerated Alabama man describes conditions that led to 'security incident'
Chaos, violence, and death. Derrol Shaw said those are the realities of everyday life in Donaldson Correctional Facility, a state-run prison in west…
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A tree grows in Birmingham
How one Southern community aims to plant its way into the Alabama shade.
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She forgave her grandmother's murderer. She watched as Alabama killed him anyway.
Sarah Gregory spent days with Jimi Barber before witnessing his execution
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July 2023
When they sang 'Amazing Grace': The Alabama Execution of James Barber
Alabama condemned him to death. He said he was headed for Higher Ground.
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LIVE UPDATES: Alabama set to execute James Barber
The state abandoned its last two attempts at lethal injection after issues accessing veins.
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In dissent, appeals court judge says James Barber will soon be state's 'guinea pig'
Barber is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Thursday at 6 p.m.
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Despite oaths, EMTs, nurse to participate in Alabama executions
The state confirmed the medical professionals' positions in a court hearing ahead of Thursday's scheduled lethal injection of James Barber
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In Alabama, we prey
An Ohio family answered the call of a self-proclaimed 'prophet.' They lost it all.
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In the shadow of his planned execution, James Barber says he sees hope
From Alabama's death row, an appreciation of forgiveness
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Finding Miss Mary
Her cremated remains were found in a stolen Hoover car. Now, Mary Wiggins Lewis has made her way home to Piedmont.
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Did nurses in Walker County Jail delay treatment of Tony Mitchell? New court docs offer competing answers
Nurses claim medical staff ordered Mitchell transported to the ER. Jail officials wrote they were told the transfer could wait.
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