Montgomery Attorney Convicted, Sentenced for Financial Exploitation of the Elderly
A Montgomery attorney has been convicted and sentenced on one count of financial exploitation of the elderly, which is a felony.
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Alabama Attorney General Takes Over Prison Litigation
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is taking control of prison litigation away from the Department of Corrections and moving it to his office in their latest public disagreement.
Jurors Never Heard of Alleged Accomplice Letter in Alabama Death Row Case
Sixteen years after David Phillip Wilson was sentenced to death for killing a man during a 2004 burglary in Houston County, the state of Alabama turned over a letter allegedly written by an accomplice saying she was the one that beat the victim with a bat until he fell.
Ibraheem Yazeed indicted in Macon County in the death of Aniah Blanchard
Aniah Blanchard’s body was found on November 25, 2019 in a wooded area in Macon County.
Former Troy City Schools Bookkeeper Avoids Prison, Must Pay Restitution
A former bookkeeper who pleaded guilty to stealing from Troy’s public schools avoided prison time but must pay nearly $27,000 in restitution.
Prosecutors: Ex-House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s Words Show Apology Was Insincere
The Alabama attorney general’s office said former House Speaker Mike Hubbard told people he was innocent as he signed a letter to a judge apologizing for his ethics conviction.
Judge Dismisses Charges Against Three Former Selma Police Officers
A judge has dismissed charges against three one-time Selma police officers arrested during a probe into guns that were missing from an evidence room.
Former AG Jimmy Evans, best known for Gov. Hunt case, dies
Former Alabama Attorney General Jimmy Evans, best known for prosecuting the state’s governor in an ethics case in the 1990s, has died. He was 81. His death Monday was confirmed by Brian T. Gallion, the operator of Southern Memorial Funeral Home which is handling the funeral arrangements. Evans was Alabama’s attorney general from 1991 to 1995. Evan was best known…
State Officials Warn of COVID-19 Scam in Alabama
We have a warning about a COVID-related scam that’s being reported in Alabama. State health officials and the state Medicaid agency say people are being offered COVID testing and vaccines in their homes. Some of these offers are by phone, others are in person. The person may claim to work for the Alabama Medicaid Agency. They say this is…
Alabama Attorney General Joins Group Supporting Lawsuits over Pennsylvania’s Mail-in Ballots
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined nine other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of two lawsuits seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to extend the deadline for mail-in ballots in the state. “Judges are supposed to be servants of the law, not the makers of it,” Attorney General…
