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Craig Monger | 02.28.25
Attorney General Steve Marshall criticized Gov. Kay Ivey’s decision to commute the sentence of convicted murderer Robin “Rocky” Meyers, 63, on Friday without “directly” communicating with him or his office.
Ivey’s announcement came Friday afternoon, announcing that she was using her executive authority to commute Meyers’s sentence while still relegating him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
In her announcement, Ivey stated she was not convinced enough of his innocence for a pardon but was not sufficiently persuaded of his guilt to allow his execution to continue.
Marshall responded Friday evening, saying he was “astonished” and “bewildered” by the move.
“I am astonished by Governor Ivey’s decision to commute the death sentence of Rocky Myers and am bewildered that she chose not to directly communicate with me about this case or her decision,” Marshall said.
“For the last 30 years, my Office has zealously defended this case on appeal; and for 30 years, no court has reached the conclusion that the Governor reached after a cursory review. Despite my Office’s thorough response to the Governor’s request for information yesterday afternoon, her decision was announced less than 24 hours later.”
Meyers was convicted of capital murder for the 1991 stabbing of his neighbor, 69-year-old Ludie Mae Tucker. Court records claim Meyers entered Tucker’s Decatur home in the middle of the night, stabbing her before going into another room and stabbing her houseguest and cousin, Marie Dutton.
Dutton survived the attack. However, Tucker later succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.
The jury found Dutton guilty of the offense in 1994, recommending life imprisonment. However, the judge in the case ignored the jury’s recommendation and sentenced him to death. He was slated to die by nitrogen hypoxia in a matter of months.
“My capital litigation and victims’ services teams will go home tonight deeply saddened, not for themselves, but for the family of Ludie Mae Tucker,” Marshall concluded. “We will never stop fighting for justice.”
Marshall also provided the letter his office sent to Ivey regarding Meyers’s case, which can be found below.
AG Meyers Letter by Craig Monger on Scribdhttps://www.scribd.com/embeds/834010349/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-Ie5vwADeB3mpwbYNv7Fk
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