andalusia murder

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear bite mark case involving woman killed in Andalusia in 1985

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of an Alabama man who has spent decades in prison for an Andalusia murder conviction supported by recanted and discredited testimony about bite marks. Charles M. McCrory was convicted of murder for the 1985 killing of his wife, Julie Bonds, who was found beaten to death in her home in…

Oscar Doster’s Appeal Denied for Capital Murder Convictions and Death Sentence

Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced that the Alabama Supreme Court has denied the appeal of the capital murder convictions and death sentence of Oscar Doster.  Doster, 43, of Andalusia, was convicted in 2006 of three counts of capital murder in the death of Paul LeMaster. According to court documents, on November 4, 2002, four inmates escaped from the Covington County jail,…