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Court: Juvenile Killer Ruling Not Retroactive

An Alabama appeals court has ruled that a U.S. Supreme Court decision about teenage killers doesn’t apply to Alabama murders that occurred before the decision was issued in 2012. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing plan that mandates life in prison without parole for juvenile offenders. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals…

Alabama Court Rejects Appeal in Dothan Murder

An Alabama appeals court has again upheld the capital murder conviction and death sentence that Jerry Devane Bryant received for a 1997 killing in Houston County. The Court of Criminal Appeals issued a 5-0 decision Friday rejecting Bryant’s claims of ineffective counsel at his trial and sentencing. Bryant challenged his attorneys’ work after losing his initial round of appeals in…