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| Region | Alabama |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | Jun 1802 |
| End Date | Dec 1822 |
| Description | In 1802, the Mississippi Territory, which Alabama was part of at the time, enacted a new code that made sodomy a capital offense. |
| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/alabama.htm |
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| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | Jun 1802 |
| End Date | Dec 1822 |
| Description | In 1802, the Mississippi Territory, which Alabama was part of at the time, enacted a new code that made sodomy a capital offense. |
| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/alabama.htm |