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By Paul DeMarco Paul DeMarco: ACLU attacks Alabama Parole Board at the expense of crime victims – The Trussville Tribune No one should be surprised that the Alabama ACLU is at it again. This time the far-left organization is attacking the work of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. The ACLU is just another…
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(Montgomery) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today hosted the 24th Annual Attorney General’s Law Enforcement Summit at the Church of the Highlands in Montgomery. The Summit provided continuing education training for law enforcement and attorneys from around the state. Participants had the opportunity to hear from experts involved in the nationally recognized Murdaugh murder…
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(Montgomery) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall welcomed a decision from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals that vacated an earlier opinion of the court and affirmed a district court’s decision to deny a habeas petition related to the capital murder conviction of Brandon Washington of Birmingham. Washington was convicted of capital murder for the…
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(Montgomery)—Attorney General Steve Marshall issued the following statement tonight after the execution of Casey Allen McWhorter at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama: Attorney General Marshall informed the Alabama Department of Corrections shortly after 3:00 p.m. that there were no remaining legal challenges to the execution of the sentence. Casey McWhorter’s officially…
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Courtesy of the Trussville Tribune 12/12/2023 By Paul DeMarco Our Nation has a violent crime problem that continues to spike. Some states have made it even worse with their efforts to defund the police and weaken their criminal justice system. In addition, soft-on-crime prosecutors and judges in some jurisdictions have created a revolving door allowing…
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By WSFA 12 News Staff Published: Dec. 13, 2023 at 11:05 AM CST|Updated: 10 hours ago MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey called a Wednesday afternoon news conference to announce breaks in three Montgomery cold case homicides, one dating back to the early 1980s. Bailey said the developments are the result of work by…
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Denied: Alabama’s broken parole system To read complete article: Alabama has stopped nearly all paroles: Explaining the Leigh Gwathney effect – al.com By Ivana Hrynkiw | [email protected] EDITOR’S NOTE Last year, Alabama’s top prosecutor said the parole system is working, and “dangerous offenders are largely the only ones left behind bars.” Was he right? Thousands of…
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Article published on al.com link provided below: Parole denied for 68-year-old in Alabama: ‘A life sentence for growing marijuana’ – al.com Parole denied for 68-year-old in Alabama: ‘A life sentence for growing marijuana’ By Ivana Hrynkiw | [email protected] EDITOR’S NOTE Last year, Alabama’s top prosecutor said the parole system is working, and “dangerous offenders are largely…
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Recent data shows an uptick in the percentage of people being granted parole, although still far short of the board’s guidelines. Article published on AL Political Reporter By JACOB HOLMESParole grant rate rises with start of new year (alreporter.com) Published on January 19, 2024 at 7:30 am CST Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles It’s…
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By NOAH WORTHAM | Managing Editor COLUMBIANA – Sheriff John Samaniego named 2024 Alabama Sheriff of the Year – Shelby County Reporter | Shelby County Reporter Shelby County Sheriff John Samaniego has been named as the Alabama Sheriff of the Year for 2024 by the Alabama Sheriff’s Association. During a winter conference in Auburn, the…
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