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

MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WBRC) - Two lawmakers in Alabama continue to push for the death penalty in certain sex crimes against children. Senator April Weaver and Representative Matt Simpson say the horrific ...

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 twelve. This comes as an investigation ...

Dale Francis Carlisle, age 64, of Constantine, passed away on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 after a brief illness. He was born on July 16, 1961 the son of Donald and Belva (Rosen) Carlisle. Dale attended ...

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

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 pair of Alabama lawmakers held a press conference in Montgomery Thursday morning to talk about their push to make child rape cases death penalty eligible. Alabama lawmakers discuss death penalty ...

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 ...

Seven individuals have been charged in a disturbing child sex abuse case that has shaken Bibb County. The charges involve ...

New reaction in west Alabama from leaders who say the horrific reports coming out of the investigation into sexual abuse in ...

At least 10 children in central Alabama were harmed in a harrowing child abuse case, in which they were sex trafficked — some ...