Alabama lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce a bill that would make the rape or sodomy of a child a capital offense, ...

Attorney General Steve Marshall believes adding the death penalty to severe acts against children could help prevent the ...

A Bibb County grand jury indicted five Alabama men and two women in the case. They face accusations of raping, sodomizing and ...

Ke’Torrius Starkes Jr., of Bessemer, was found in a hot car outside a home on Pine Tree Drive, according to the coroner. The child had been left alone in the car for more than five hours.

Lawmakers announced a proposed bill Thursday that would allow the death penalty to be given to criminals who commit rape or sodomy of children under the age of ...

Kela Stanford, a former transport driver for The Covenant Services, is charged with leaving a child unattended in a motor ...

Their legislation, originally sponsored in the Alabama House in the 2025 regular session, would have given prosecutors authority to seek the death penalty for convictions involving the rape or sodomy ...

A recent case of horrific child sexual abuse has prompted lawmakers to consider allowing use of the death penalty for child sex crimes.

Alabama lawmakers are holding a news conference to propose extending the death penalty to individuals convicting of sexually assaulting children on Thursday.

As the humanitarian crisis intensifies, the Nasser Medical Complex confirmed the death of a child in Khan Yunis due to ...