JURIST
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont Tuesday voted on Election Day ballot measures to end the practice of enslavement after criminal conviction. ” Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont chose to end the practice. ” Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont chose to end the practice. ” 76.49
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 21, 2021
There is a notable criminal case out of Alabama this week after a judge sentenced former Huntsville police officer William “Ben” Darby to 25 years in prison for shooting and killing a suicidal man who was holding a gun to his own head. Defense counsel asked for a 20 year sentence , the minimum under Alabama law.
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SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Dr. Xiulu Ruan, one of the petitioners, was a board-certified interventional pain specialist who the government alleges operated an Alabama “pill mill” — a term used to describe doctors, clinics, or pharmacies that prescribe or dispense high volumes of powerful narcotics inappropriately.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
The US Supreme Court Thurday ruled 5-4 that Alabama may carry out the death sentence of inmate Alan Miller through lethal injection rather than Miller’s requested method of nitrogen hypoxia. The Supreme Court lifted a lower court order that would have required Alabama to use nitrogen hypoxia instead of the lethal injection.
LegalTalkNetwork
JUNE 30, 2016
Young Lawyers Division: President Gordon Glover and President-Elect Katherine Hurst Miller talk about their group’s 26,000 members and the growing trend of recent graduates starting their own practices in criminal law, family law, and personal injury. Listen here: 2016 Annual Florida Bar Convention: The Young Lawyers Division.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 25, 2024
Today, the state of Alabama will try again to kill Kenneth Eugene Smith. His appeals finally ran out in November 2022 and Alabama attempted to execute him. In one of the most bizarre capital punishment cases in the country, the state previously botched an execution of Smith. He has remained on death row since 1996. In that order, U.S.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Youngkin further told Fox News that past governors continued to use the law within the 90 days period without a peep of objection from the Justice Department. These facts distinguish the Virginia case from the Alabama case where a court enjoined removal of names of suspected non-citizens.
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