The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in Alabama.
Incumbents
State Government
Events
- January 27 – The Alabama House of Representatives passes a bill (73-6) expanding the death penalty for child rapists.[1][2]
- February 5 – The Alabama Senate passes the death penalty bill for child rapists with a 33-1 vote.[3][4]
- February 12 – Governor Kay Ivey signs the death penalty bill for child rapists into law.[5][6]
- March 10 – Governor Ivey commutes the death sentence of Charles Lee Burton. Burton had been sentenced to death for murder of Doug Battle during a 1991 robbery in Talladega, though he was not the one who shot Battle and was charged under the felony murder rule. Derrick DeBruce, the one who fired the fatal shot, was previously sent to death row before he was re-sentenced to life in prison upon appeal.[7]
Predicted and scheduled
See also
References
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- ^ Chandler, Kim (March 10, 2026). "Alabama governor commutes death sentence of inmate whose accomplice fired fatal shot". The Associated Press. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
- ^ Cason, Mike (June 19, 2025). "Alabama 2026 election: Major candidates emerge in state's top races 11 months before primary". Retrieved October 5, 2025.
- ^ "Alabama U.S. Senate Election Results". The New York Times. November 3, 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ Sell, Mary (August 21, 2025). "Marques launches bid for Congress in AL-1". Alabama Daily News. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
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