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Alabama

Posted inCriminal Justice

In Bondage to the Law

Portrait of steven rascón by Jenny Casas, Steven Rascón, Kate Howard, Nikki Frick, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Zulema Cobb, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers and Al Letson November 18, 2023November 17, 2023

Toforest Johnson has been on Alabama’s death row for 25 years. Now, his conviction is being called into question.

Posted inAccountability

Photos: Steve Bannon supports Senate candidate Roy Moore in Alabama

by Julie Dermansky December 6, 2017June 30, 2021

Steve Bannon charged into Alabama to defend Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore at a rally.

Posted inAccountability, And Justice for Some, Criminal Justice, Money and Politics

And justice for some

by Andrew Becker, Peter Haden and Julia B. Chan October 29, 2016July 1, 2021

We begin an occasional series we’re calling And Justice for Some – an investigation into how the courts treat people differently.

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Posted inReligion, The God Loophole

How a church avoided responsibility for its ties to a child molester

by Amy Julia Harris April 27, 2016June 30, 2021

A man who ran an Alabama day care registered under a church’s name was convicted of sexual abuse. But the state Supreme Court later ruled that the church and day care weren’t connected.

Posted inReligion, The God Loophole

Here’s how people are trying to protect kids at religious day cares

by Amy Julia Harris and Anna Claire Vollers April 18, 2016June 30, 2021

The federal government, several state legislatures and local health departments have decided that granting faith-based day cares too much freedom puts children at risk.

Posted inDay Care, Impact, Religion, The God Loophole

Bill to end religious exemption in Alabama to be introduced next week

by Amy Julia Harris April 14, 2016April 15, 2016

For the first time in the state’s history, an Alabama lawmaker is introducing a bill to overturn the state’s religious exemption for faith-based day cares.

Posted inReligion, The God Loophole

She runs disastrous day cares. But her church makes her untouchable

by Amy Julia Harris April 14, 2016June 30, 2021

She’s been called a crook. A con artist. A snake in the grass. But in Alabama, the only thing that really matters to state regulators is that the day care operator calls herself a Christian.

Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights

Temp agency and federal regulators to probe discrimination claims

by Will Evans January 25, 2016June 30, 2021

An Alabama-based temp agency that former workers accuse of rampant hiring discrimination announced it will conduct an internal investigation and set up an anonymous tip line, even as federal officials seek out whistleblowers in response to a Reveal investigation.

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