The vast majority of all criminal defendants come from low-income communities.  Many of them have never seen a mental health ...

Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 307 into law on Tuesday, establishing the Speedy Trial Act. This new law expedites trials for ...

The new law, which goes into effect Oct. 1, expands immunity for police in civil and criminal cases, adding new definitions ...

Two Mobile County men have become the first to be indicted under Alabama’s anti-gang law, but law enforcement authorities ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation to allow visiting judges to be brought in to handle violent criminal cases to get them to trial more quickly ...

The bill's sponsor said the legal protections are needed because cities cannot hire and keep enough police officers.

JASPER, Ala. A new development has emerged in the case of a Walker County investigator accused of illegally accessing a ...

Federal law enforcement officials have made more than 500 immigration-related arrests in southern Alabama during the last 3½ ...

The Alabama Legislature gave final approval to the legislation that sets legal standards for the use of force and provides ...

Governor Kay Ivey has signed the "Back the Blue" law, a controversial bill that enhances legal protections for law ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WSFA) - Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 307 on Tuesday, establishing the “Speedy Trial Act” in Alabama. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Will Barfoot (R) and Rep. Jim Hill (R), expedites ...

A bill changing the state's police immunity law for criminal use of force cases and civil cases against law enforcement ...