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

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

Sheriff Nick Smith has filed a lawsuit against the Walker County Commission, alleging that the Commission unlawfully declared ...

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

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

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

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

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

MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — A man was indicted by a Grand Jury in March for criminal mischief, according to court documents. Jail records show that Gary Garrett was booked into the Marshall ...

Council's defense lawyer, Dwight Crawley, in a sentencing memo, requested a prison term of 12 months and a day for his client, noting that he has no prior criminal ... Council's case when ...

A judge on Friday sentenced an Alabama man to 14 months in prison for ... noting that he has no prior criminal history. "The defendant admitted to using marijuana daily prior to his arrest ...