Marshall “pleased” with Supreme Court curbside voting decision
The high court stayed a lower court ruling that allowed local election officials to implement curbside voting due to fears of the coronavirus.
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Marshall awarded 2020 API policy warrior award
The API Policy Warrior Awards are now in their second year.
Brooks sends letter to AG Barr expressing concern over ongoing violence in cities
“We urged Barr to investigate ANTIFA and other left-wing domestic terror groups so that those responsible for funding and organizing terrorist acts can be brought to justice," Brooks said.
Appeals court upholds Lowndes County capital murder conviction
Attorney General Steve Marshall said this week that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction of Deandra Marquis Lee on capital murder during a robbery. Lee, 24, is from Montgomery and was convicted in Lowndes County Circuit Court in October 2018 for the 2012 murders of 9-year-old twins Jordan and Taylor Dejerinett and … Continued
Defense attorneys call for AG to drop charges against Selma police officers
Attorneys Julian McPhillips Jr. and David Sawyer are holding a news conference in Montgomery Thursday to again ask Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall to drop charges against three Black Selma Police Officers who were re-indicted on felony charges of lying to the attorney general. McPhillips and Sawyer say that Marshall’s actions caused the three Selma … Continued
Rep. Mo Brooks deposed in Census lawsuit
Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, was deposed Thursday in a federal lawsuit over the Census. The deposition in the suit — State of Alabama & Mo Brooks v. U.S. Census Bureau & U.S. Department of Commerce — was taken virtually in Brooks’s district office. “I was deposed yesterday in my ongoing legal battle against illegal alien … Continued
Former Tallapoosa Soil and Water Conservation District employee convicted of theft
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Wednesday that the former district administrative coordinator for the Tallapoosa County Soil and Water Conservation District, Amanda M. Milford, has been convicted of theft of property in the first degree. Milford, age 40, lives in Alexander City. She pleaded guilty to an information, a procedure in which felony charges are … Continued
Police may serve search warrants out of their jurisdiction, Alabama AG says
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Tuesday that recent actions by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and the Alabama Supreme Court have clarified that Alabama law allows law enforcement officers in the state to serve search warrants outside their territorial jurisdiction as long as a judge within the jurisdiction of service approves the warrant. … Continued
Alabama GOP chair Terry Lathan congratulates Tuberville
Former Auburn football head coach Tommy Tuberville soundly defeated former Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, on Tuesday in the Republican primary runoff. Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan issued a statement congratulating Tuberville on the victory. “It’s great to be an Alabama Republican! Our voters have spoken and they have chosen an outstanding U.S. Senate nominee … Continued
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft endorses Jeff Sessions
“Jeff Sessions and I served together in the United States Senate, where he worked hard to protect religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and to preserve our American free market system,” Ashcroft said.