Bishop was eligible for either the death penalty or life in prison, according to Alabama law.

Such assessments are carried out periodically under Alabama law.

According to Alabama law during the '50s, blacks and whites couldn't occupy the same row.

Alabama law says there is no right to sue until the victim has a "manifest, present injury" - in other words, when his cancer developed.

"What if the damages were based entirely on Alabama law?"

The court held that Alabama law did not recognize the women as spouses.

Under Alabama law, you'll get the divorce, full custody, all assets, everything.

However, under Alabama law of the time, a freed slave was only allowed to remain in the state for a year after manumission.

Under Alabama law, all capital sentences must by affirmed by review in higher court.

Under Alabama law, five or more justices can override a chief justice's administrative decision.