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.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 12, 2024
Calvert is accused in the explosion of an IED device outside of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office in downtown Montgomery at around 3:42 a.m. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, has become the latest Antifa member arrested for alleged political violence. on February 24.
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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.
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.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 30, 2023
In particular, he noted, federal criminal laws in the late 18th century “often gave sentencing judges the authority to impose any sentence that fell within a prescribed range, and in exercising that authority, judges necessarily took into account facts that the jury had not found at trial.”
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Even though the Alabama Supreme Court previously reduced the punitive award by half, the U.S. The jury in the original trial awarded $4,000 in compensatory damages for the lost value to the car in not having a factory paint job and other damage; it then imposed $4 million in punitive damages for the company’s dishonesty.
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