Steve Marshall
Alabama executes Casey McWhorter for 1993 murder
The state of Alabama executed Casey McWhorter Thursday evening for the 1993 murder of Edward Lee Williams. McWhorter was pronounced dead at 6:56 p.m., according to a statement from the Alabama Attorney General’s Office. It was the second execution conducted by Alabama this year. Jeff Hood, McWhorter’s spiritual advisor, said in a phone interview Thursday […]
U.S. Department of Justice to join suit against Alabama AG’s abortion prosecution threats
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is joining a lawsuit seeking to stop Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall from prosecuting those who help Alabama women obtain abortion service out of states. In a motion to intervene filed on Thursday, attorneys for DOJ argued that the right to travel between states was a fundamental American right, […]
Gov. Kay Ivey sets January date for nitrogen execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith
Gov. Kay Ivey Wednesday set a January execution date for Kenneth Eugene Smith, convicted of the 1988 murder-for-hire of Elizabeth Sennett. Ivey set an execution window starting at midnight on Jan. 25, 2024 and running until 6 am on January 26, 2024. It could be the first execution carried out through nitrogen suffocation, a method […]
DOJ considering intervention in Alabama abortion lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice is considering intervening in a lawsuit seeking to stop Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall from prosecuting those who help people obtain out-of-state abortion care, according to a notice filed Wednesday. “The United States hereby advises the Court that it is considering participating in this litigation by filing a Statement of […]
Alabama Supreme Court gives go ahead for execution by nitrogen hypoxia
Alabama is one step closer to becoming the first state to execute someone by nitrogen hypoxia. In a 6-2 decision handed down Wednesday, the Alabama Supreme Court allowed the state to proceed with the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, convicted of the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett, under that method. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall […]
Steve Marshall doesn’t know what Jim Crow was
Last Tuesday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued a “statement on redistricting to the people of Alabama.” It said his office would abide by a federal court order creating a second majority or near-majority Black congressional district while appealing the ruling. That’s a standard comment when one loses cases like these. (The office on Friday […]
Alabama Attorney General’s Office says state is not defying redistricting court order
The Alabama Attorney General’s Office told the U.S. Supreme Court that letting a third party draw new maps would harm the state, and insisted that Alabama was not defying federal court orders. In a 32-page response to plaintiffs urging the court to let a lower court ruling go into effect, attorneys wrote that they followed […]
Federal judge sets deadline for briefs in Alabama abortion lawsuit
A federal judge Tuesday set a Sept. 28 deadline for healthcare providers to respond toAlabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s motion to dismiss their lawsuit seeking to stop Marshall from prosecuting those who help people obtain out-of-state abortion care. The lawsuit, filed on July 31 by former abortion providers in the state, cited comments made by […]
Alabama Attorney General doubles down on threats to prosecute out-of-state abortion care
The Alabama Attorney General Office Wednesday asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to stop the AG from prosecuting those who aid Alabamians seeking to access abortion care in states where it is legal. In the motion to dismiss, state attorneys doubled down on statements Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall made in an […]
In appeal, Alabama attorney general’s office suggests revisiting previous execution cases
Alabama is seeking to overturn a federal court’s decision to spare the life of a death row inmate the court found to be intellectually disabled. And it may want to go well beyond that. The Alabama attorney general’s office on Aug. 17 asked the U.S. Supreme Court Aug. 17 to reconsider the U.S. 11th Circuit […]
Experts skeptical of Alabama’s redistricting strategy ahead of critical hearing
It’s the plaintiffs’ case to lose. That was the verdict of legal scholars ahead of a critical Monday hearing on whether a new congressional map approved the Alabama Legislature last month addresses a three-judge panel’s concerns about potential Voting Rights Act violations. “It’s always hard to predict, but I think it’s going be a hard […]
Why Steve Marshall can’t focus on pressing Alabama problems
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall got sued last week over some comments he made a year ago about the state’s near-total abortion ban. Marshall went on a radio show last year to suggest that assisting an Alabama woman’s efforts to get an abortion out of state was “potentially criminally actionable.” Physicians and clinicians say that […]