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Questions arise regarding Mobile Police claims of evidence despite grand jury

Several individuals questioned how police were able to make claims given the supposed secrecy of grand jury evidence.
November 1, 2023

JeffCo DA drops charges against Marshae Jones

Marshae Jones won’t faces charges after all.  Jones, whose fetus died after she was shot in the stomach during a fight with another woman, had been charged with manslaughter by a Jefferson County grand jury, which determined that she was responsible for the fight that led to the shooting. On Wednesday, however, Jefferson County Bessemer … Continued
July 3, 2019

The prosecution of Marshae Jones is ridiculous

The Marshae Jones case is ridiculous.  All of it.  It’s ridiculous that a pregnant woman was fighting in a parking lot.  It’s ridiculous that every fight apparently now must end in gunfire.  It’s ridiculous that we are so desensitized to the use of guns that a grand jury in this state found it reasonable for … Continued
July 2, 2019

If we’re indicting people who fail to protect children, Republican lawmakers should be terrified

I would like to report a whole bunch of crimes.  Murders, actually. Hundreds of murders.  I want every Republican legislator, at least the last two Republican governors and a handful of Democrats charged with killing a whole bunch of babies. Babies that they had a responsibility to care for.  Following the indictment of Marshae Jones … Continued
June 27, 2019

Some charges dropped against Trey Glenn, Scott Phillips

Several ethics charges against former Alabama Environmental Management Commissioner Scott Phillips and former U.S. EPA Administrator Trey Glenn have been dropped in a new superseding indictment filed Monday. With the new superseding indictment, which was signed by a grand jury Friday, Phillips and Glenn are both facing fewer ethics charges in total than they faced in the … Continued
February 12, 2019