A Bibb County grand jury indicted five Alabama men and two women in the case. They face accusations of raping, sodomizing and trafficking six young children, including one as young as 3, in an underground Bibb County bunker for more than a year, according to court records.

Alabama lawmakers are holding a news conference to propose extending the death penalty to individuals convicting of sexually assaulting children on Thursday.

Alabama lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce a bill that would make the rape or sodomy of a child a capital offense, punishable by death, state officials said in a press conference Thursday. Rep. Matt Simpson,