From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Selma man convicted of manslaughter in the death of toddler — will spend the next two decades in prison. Circuit Judge Marvin Wiggins sentenced Tristan Dial to 20 years in prison Wednesday morning. Dial was convicted of causing the death of the 23-month-old child of a woman he was dating. The child died back…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Selma man gets sentenced to prison in a 2022 Selma murder case. Antonio Hardy was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of Anthony Patterson. Patterson was shot and killed in Selma — on the corner of First Avenue and Kayser Avenue. Circuit Judge Marvin Wiggins — was the sentencing judge. Categories:…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A capital murder suspect — and an attempted murder suspect — appeared for hearings at the Dallas County Courthouse Annex — Wednesday in Selma. The case against one suspect came to a conclusion — while the case against the other suspect — is just getting started. The firearm death rate in Alabama — is among…
Originally given life without parole after being convicted of first degree robbery, Ronald McKeithen says he’s blessed someone noticed his case and did something about it. “I hadn’t talked to a lawyer in 37 years,” said McKeithen. Due to three prior offenses, McKeithen’s sentence was based off the Habitual Offenders Act, which made his sentence so long. “If Ron was…
Alabama will use $400 million in pandemic relief funds to build three new prisons, overhaul others, and decommission select facilities.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Governor Ivey’s plan to address the state’s prison problems includes the purchase of an empty prison near Uniontown. Perry County Correctional Center has sat vacant for nearly a decade — but it could soon be the property of the state of Alabama. Purchasing the facility is part of the governor’s $1.3 billion dollar plan to…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama man has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison for aiming a laser at a helicopter last year. U.S. District Judge Anna M. Manasco sentenced 27-year-old Gabriel Lopez Mathews, who pleaded guilty to the charge in April. U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona for the Northern District of Alabama said Wednesday in a news release…
In this November 2005 file photo, Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio. Defense attorneys rushing to stop Ohio’s first execution in three years filed court documents Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, arguing the state’s new 3-drug lethal…
Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard has been moved to a state prison to serve time for his ethics convictions. Corrections records showed Thursday that Hubbard has been transferred into state custody from a county jail. But it’s not clear where he will be incarcerated for good. The state website indicated he was being taken to Draper Correctional Facility. A…
A state inmate has died after being assaulted by another prisoner. The Alabama Department of Corrections says Demarcus Fernando Harrison, 46, died last week from injuries sustained during an apparent inmate-on-inmate assault. Harrison’s exact cause of death is pending a full autopsy. The prison system said the assault at Fountain Prison in Atmore is under investigation. The U.S. Department of…
