Kim Chandler
September 24, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Bitter Fight Between 2 Tribes Over Sacred Land Where One Built a CasinoThe Atlanta-based Eleventh Circuit will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in the Muscogee Nation's appeal of the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the casino's construction. The lawsuit also names federal officials and the university that performed archeology work at the site.
By Graham Lee Brewer and Kim Chandler | The Associated Press
7 minute read
August 15, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Alabama Supreme Court Authorizes Third Nitrogen Gas ExecutionIn January, the state performed the nation's first nitrogen gas execution. A second one using the protocol is set for Sept. 26 for a man who recently reached a lawsuit settlement with the state over the execution method.
By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press
4 minute read
July 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Ala. Executes Man for Fatal Shooting of Delivery Driver During 1998 Robbery AttemptIt was the state's third execution this year and the 10th in the nation, joining others in Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and Missouri.
By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press
5 minute read
May 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Thomas Says Critics Are Pushing 'Nastiness' and Calls Washington a 'Hideous Place'Thomas made the comments while speaking at a conference attended by judges, attorneys and other court personnel in the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference.
By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press
4 minute read
April 04, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Restrictions on Absentee Ballot Help in Alabama Are Being Challenged in Federal SuitThe plaintiffs say a new statute disenfranchises voters, including senior citizens and disabled voters, who may need assistance in the absentee voting process.
By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press
3 minute read
March 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Ala. Governor Sets May Execution Date for Man Convicted of Killing Couple in 2004Attorneys for the man had asked the Alabama Supreme Court to deny the execution date request while they pursue a pending claim of prosecutorial misconduct in the case. The state, which carried out the nation's first execution by nitrogen gas earlier this year, says it plans to put him to death by lethal injection.
By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press
2 minute read
February 21, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Warnings of the Impact of Fertility Treatments in Alabama Rush in After Frozen Embryo RulingThe justices ruled Friday that wrongful-death lawsuits by couples whose frozen embryos were destroyed could proceed.
By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press
6 minute read
January 26, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Death Penalty by Nitrogen Gas Takes 22 MinutesThe execution came after a last-minute legal battle in which the condemned man'is attorneys contended the state was making him the test subject for an experimental execution method that could violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Federal courts rejected Smith's bid to block it, with the latest ruling coming Thursday night from the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press
7 minute read
October 06, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Black Voting Power Gets Boost in Alabama as New U.S. House Districts Chosen by Federal JudgesThe new map sets the stage for potentially flipping one U.S. House of Representatives seat from Republican to Democratic control and could lead to the election of two Black Congressional representatives to the state's delegation for the first time.
By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press
5 minute read
September 12, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Alabama Asks U.S. Supreme Court Again to Intervene in Redistricting CaseDespite losing at the Supreme Court earlier this year in the long-running redistricting case, Alabama is pursuing another appeal, hoping for a different result with the most recent GOP version of the map.
By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press
4 minute read
