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Crime Victim Automated Notification System

This video is no longer available.Crime victims and anyone else interested in the status of a criminal case or inmate can now get that inforamtion electroniclly. The systemn is called Crime Victim Automated Notification. The legislature approved the system in 2011. It allows residents to track parole dates of felony offenders. Some six-thousand parole hearings are held in Alabama each year. “Now with…

Jurors Considering Desmonte Leonard Punishment

Jurors are considering what punishemnt Desmonte Leonard should suffer following his triple murder conviction. Jurors convicted Leonard on Tuesday, and now they must make a sentencing recommendation. Jurors can recommend life in prison without parole or execution.  But  the final decision is up to the judge. Jurors rejected Leonard’s claims of self-defense in the shooting deaths of ex-Auburn players Ed Christian and…

First Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has died

This video is no longer available.DALLAS (AP) – Dallas hospital says Thomas Duncan the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the US has died.   We will keep you updated as soon as more information comes in.   (Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) Categories: News

Alabama Taking Steps to Prevent Ebola Infections

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama’s governor and state health officer say the state has taken steps to make sure health care workers are able to identify a case of Ebola quickly and take precautions to make sure others don’t become ill. Gov. Robert Bentley and Dr. Don Williamson said Wednesday that includes providing training material to Alabama hospitals and reminding…