Alabama lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce a bill that would make the rape or sodomy of a child a capital offense, ...

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

Attorney General Steve Marshall believes adding the death penalty to severe acts against children could help prevent the ...

The family of 3-year-old Ke’Torrius “K.J.” Starkes Jr. is remembering the little boy as a “joyful,” “brilliant” “happy boy ...

Kela Stanford was booked in Jefferson County Friday morning. She posted bond and has been released, pending a court date.

"The interior temperature of the car where KJ was trapped likely exceeded 150 degrees," an attorney for the family said.

A pair of Alabama lawmakers held a press conference in Montgomery Thursday morning to talk about their push to make child ...

Ke’Torrius Starkes Jr., of Bessemer, was found in a hot car outside a home on Pine Tree Drive, according to the coroner. The child had been left alone in the car for more than five hours.

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 ...

Kela Stanford, a former transport driver for The Covenant Services, is charged with leaving a child unattended in a motor ...

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 ...