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Contractor charged after Alabama toddler in state custody died in hot car
A contractor for the Alabama agency tasked with child welfare was charged after allegedly leaving a toddler in a hot car for ...
Alabama state contractor arrested after the hot-car death of a toddler she was caring for, police say
A woman has been arrested in Alabama in connection with the death of 3-year-old Ke’Torrius “K.J.” Starkes Jr., who died last ...
DHR faces scrutiny after beloved Alabama foster child’s hot car death: ‘This should have never happened’
An Alabama boy left to die inside a locked car where temperatures reached in excess of 140 degrees is being remembered as a ...
Alabama lawmakers want to impose death penalty on child rapists, challenging precedent
Alabama lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce a bill that would make the rape or sodomy of a child a capital offense, ...
State contract worker charged in death of Alabama toddler in foster care who was left in hot car
An Alabama contract worker was arrested and criminally charged in connection to the death of a toddler who was left for hours ...
Bibb County bunker case drives Alabama lawmakers pushing child rape death penalty: ‘A special place in hell’
A Bibb County grand jury indicted five Alabama men and two women in the case. They face accusations of raping, sodomizing and ...
‘Underground bunker’ arrests pushing Alabama lawmakers to call for death penalty in child rape cases
The motion comes after seven people were arrested in Bibb County in a sexual abuse case; their charges range from rape to ...
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Alabama lawmakers discuss legislation to change state's death penalty after Bibb County child sex trafficking investigation
Alabama lawmakers are holding a news conference to propose extending the death penalty to individuals convicting of sexually ...
Toddler dies after being left in super-heated car by Alabama DHR worker
Ketorrius Starkes Jr. was found dead hours after the DHR employee left him in the vehicle on Pine Tree Drive in Birmingham.
Alabama legislators propose expanding death penalty to cover child sex abuse cases
In response to recent child sex abuse cases in Alabama, state lawmakers are advocating for legislation that would extend the death penalty to those convicted of ...