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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Friday July 12, 2024 ( 2 items )  

CAIR Supports Alabama Incarceree's Request That No Autopsy Be Performed After Execution
WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged Alabama authorities to accept a request from a Muslim incarceree for no autopsy to be performed on his body after execution, in accordance with his religious beliefs. Alabama Death Row inmate Keith Edmund Gavin is asking state officials not to conduct  more

Local Schools to Receive Empathy Curricula From PETA After Teens Allegedly Shoot at Dog
ETOWAH COUNTY, Alabama, July 12 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: Following reports that local authorities arrested two teenagers for allegedly shooting at a dog, TeachKind--PETA's humane education division--sent Etowah County Schools Superintendent Alan Cosby an urgent letter (https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Etowah-CS-AL-dog-CTA-letter.pdf) this morning stressing the need for humane education that fosters empathy for all living, f  more