Alabama Attorney General's Office

Alabama's attempt to execute Jeffrey Lee using nitrogen hypoxia tonight is pending a Supreme Court decision after a federal judge previously banned the method. The state's attorney general has petitioned the Supreme Court to reverse this ruling.

The Alabama Attorney General's Office threatened legal action against six companies distributing abortion-inducing medication, citing Alabama's near-total abortion ban. The office referenced a controversial study from a conservative think tank and acknowledged the action might inadvertently publicize access points for abortion pills.

Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert of Irondale, Alabama was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for detonating an explosive device outside the Alabama Attorney General's Office in Montgomery. The attack on the government building resulted in serious federal charges for malicious use of an explosive device.