“Sooner or later…the road will lead back to Birmingham. I’m doing things now that hopefully better the state or try to assist the people who are assisting the state.”
-Roy Wood Jr., the Birmingham comedian set to be featured at the upcoming White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, according to a story on birminghamtimes.com on April 12.
“He’s still down there breathing right now. He still has life, so it’s not too late to right this wrong.”
-Antonio Green, whose cousin Toforest Johnson has been on death row since 1998 following a conviction, which Green and many in the state’s legal community consider unjust, according to an April 17 story from The Birmingham Times.
People, Places and Things
Gun Violence is Now the Leading Cause of Death Among Alabama Children
By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes | stryens-fernandes@al.com and Ramsey Archibald | rarchibald@al.com
Birmingham Council President Pulls Ordinance to Tighten Criteria for Water Board Appointees
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
‘Maybe We Can Read the Bible…’ That Was a Pickup Line I Had Never Heard Before’
BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY
Special to the Birmingham Times
Lawyers Take Case of Toforest Johnson, Alabama Death Row Inmate, to U.S. Supreme Court
Alabama Shooting: Alexis Dowdell’s Birthday Ended With Her Brother Dying to Save Her
Associated Press
