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26 Apr 2010, 6:30 pm by Bill Raftery
Alaska HB 348 Submit names to governor for appointment to State Personnel Board Alabama HB 169 Appoint judge to Services for Alabama Families Study Commission Alabama HB 257 & SB 271 Appoint Chair of Alabama Interagency Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse Alabama HB 507 & SB 380 Appoint member to State Gaming Commission Alabama HB 517 serve on State Advisory Council on Administrative Hearings Alabama HB… [read post]
14 Oct 2007, 7:08 am
" But retired Judge Joseph Colquitt, a University of Alabama law professor and chairman of the Alabama Sentencing Commission, doesn't agree. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 8:34 am by Allison Tussey
Schwein Jr. and Alabama Securities Commission Director Joseph Borg announced the sentence. [read post]
1 Aug 2019, 12:32 pm by Edward S. Zas
” The Circuit also rejected a separate argument raised by one of the defendants: that his mandatory life sentence was cruel and unusual punishment because his murder convictions were premised on Pinkerton liability, rather than personal commission of the murders. [read post]
20 May 2024, 10:22 am by Kalvis Golde
Alabama, the Supreme Court declared that mandatory sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole for offenders who were under the age of 18 when they committed their crimes violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. [read post]
18 Dec 2006, 4:42 am
"  This local editorial provides more background on this important development for Alabama sentencing and corrections. [read post]
10 Feb 2015, 6:10 am by Steven Eversole
Here, the court noted the 1999 Alabama Supreme Court case of Ex parte Rice held Alabama Code 13A-6-2(a)(3) (the statute pertaining to felony murder in the commission of another crime) creates a single offense, even though it provides alternative methods of proving the offense. [read post]
20 Jun 2014, 6:35 am
Judge Graham points out that the Sentencing Commission itself has `publicly declared that the existing guidelines for child pornography offenses were flawed in need of repair’ and notes that the Department of Justice `expressed its agreement. [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 5:00 pm
In Alabama, the state code provides for one of the most severe habitual offender statutes in the nation. [read post]
24 Mar 2008, 7:48 pm
Kennedy [LII case backgrounder; merit briefs], 07-77, a voting rights case where the Court is considering whether the state of Alabama and Alabama Governor Bob Riley must seek federal government approval in order to appoint a Republican to a vacant county commission seat [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 8:24 am by Steve Hall
At the time, Alabama law imposed two requirements before the state’s judges could sentence defendants to death: the commission of one of 14 listed offenses and the existence of certain “aggravating circumstances. [read post]
24 May 2023, 11:02 am by John Elwood
Based on that denial, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals vacated her death sentence and sent the case back to the trial court. [read post]
16 Dec 2007, 1:45 am
All the while, death sentences are down sharply, and executions have decreased since reaching a crescendo in the late 1990s.In Alabama, more death sentences were handed out last year than in our neighboring states of Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana combined. [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 7:19 am by Allison Tussey
Andrew Brosnac, 48, Mansfield, Texas, a real estate agent and investment consultant, was sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud in connection with the sale and leaseback agreements in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, South Dakota, California, Oregon, and Wyoming. [read post]
29 Sep 2016, 5:55 am by Skier & Associates
  POSSESSION OF BURGLAR’S TOOLS – Code of Alabama Section 13A-7-8   A person commits the crime of “possession of burglar’s tools if he: possesses any explosive, tool, instrument or other article adapted, designed or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving forcible entry into premises or theft by a physical taking; and intends to use the thing possessed in the commission of an offense. [read post]
18 Dec 2006, 1:38 am
Then Pew and Vera Institute analysts will help the Alabama Department of Corrections and the state Sentencing Commission identify policy options. [read post]
29 Sep 2016, 5:55 am by Skier & Associates
  POSSESSION OF BURGLAR’S TOOLS – Code of Alabama Section 13A-7-8   A person commits the crime of “possession of burglar’s tools if he: possesses any explosive, tool, instrument or other article adapted, designed or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving forcible entry into premises or theft by a physical taking; and intends to use the thing possessed in the commission of an offense. [read post]
29 Sep 2016, 5:55 am by Skier & Associates
  POSSESSION OF BURGLAR’S TOOLS – Code of Alabama Section 13A-7-8   A person commits the crime of “possession of burglar’s tools if he: possesses any explosive, tool, instrument or other article adapted, designed or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving forcible entry into premises or theft by a physical taking; and intends to use the thing possessed in the commission of an offense. [read post]