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#1 Judge Sanctions Lawyers Defending Alabama’s Prisons For Citing Fake Cases From AI

Jul 28 2025 // A federal judge reprimanded lawyers with a high-priced firm defending Alabama’s prison system for using ChatGPT to write court filings with “completely made up” case citations. U.S. District Judge Anna...

#2 Alabama AG Urges No Pre-Trial Immunity for Ex-Officer Charged With Shooting Man

Jul 16 2025 // A former Alabama police officer charged with murder for shooting an armed Black man in the man’s front yard during a dispute with a tow-truck driver shouldn’t be granted immunity before going to trial, the...

#3 Five Alabama Jail Medical Staff Indicted in Death of Mentally Ill Inmate

Jul 31 2025 // Five medical employees at an Alabama jail have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held for two weeks in a concrete cell. The indictment unsealed Tuesday...

#4 Alabama Man’s Death Ruled a Homicide After Police Kneeled on His Neck

Jul 23 2025 // The death of an unarmed 52-year-old man who died after an Alabama police officer kneeled on his neck was ruled a homicide by a county coroner, according to an official autopsy reviewed by The Associated Press. The finding...