Lee County DA arrested on second perjury charge
The arrest was based on a complaint filed by Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office, charging him with first-degree perjury.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall
Lee County DA Brandon Hughes indicted on 7 counts of ethics violations, theft and perjury
The attorney general's office said Hughes was indicted by a Lee County grand jury on ethics, theft and perjury charges.
Coalition of attorneys general file opposition to Alabama attempt to ban curbside voting
The AGs argue that Alabama’s suggestion to the courts that curbside voting invites fraud is “unfounded.”
Alabama attorney general will appeal curbside voting ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
A panel of federal appeals court judges on Tuesday reversed parts of Kallon’s ruling regarding absentee voting in the upcoming Nov. 3 elections, but the judges let the previous ruling allowing curbside voting to stand.
Former Barbour County sheriff arrested, charged with taking money from sheriff’s office
Upshaw was charged with two crimes connected to taking more than $85,000 from several accounts that belong to the sheriff’s office.
Attorney general opposes motion to reconsider Hubbard’s prison sentence
“Hubbard is not being punished for his reversed convictions. He is being punished for the crimes of which he remains convicted,” Marshall wrote to the court.
Officials warn against unlicensed, unscrupulous contractors in Sally’s wake
State officials on Thursday warned the public about “unlicensed and/or unscrupulous contractors” in the wake of Hurricane Sally’s damage along Alabama’s coast and elsewhere in the state. “The damage left in the wake of Hurricane Sally is widespread and catastrophic,” said Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall in a statement. “Over the weeks and months ahead, … Continued
Birmingham building inspector arrested, charged with abusing office for personal gain
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Tuesday announced the arrest of a city of Birmingham building inspector charged in connection with soliciting and accepting a bribe in 2016, to approve a building inspection. Thomas Edward Stoves surrendered to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Monday and was released on bond, according to a press release … Continued
Alabama attorney general says state was “ambushed” with DOJ report on mens’ prisons
Reaction to the U.S. Department of Justice’s latest scathing report on Alabama’s broken prisons for men came swiftly on Thursday, and the state’s top law enforcement officer claims Alabama was “ambushed.” The Justice Department report published Thursday details numerous instances of unprovoked and illegal violence against inmates by correctional officers, cover-ups of those crimes by … Continued
Trump signs memo aimed at omitting undocumented immigrants from apportionment
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum that would bar undocumented people from being counted in the 2020 census for purposes of Congressional apportionment, a move that almost certainly will be challenged in court, as was his U.S. Supreme Court-blocked attempt to add a citizenship question to this year’s census. “I have accordingly determined … Continued