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NEWS IN BRIEF
Article • January 1, 2026 • from CLN February, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: WABM in Birmingham reported that former Eleventh Judicial Circuit Presiding Judge Gilbert P. Self, 64, was sentenced to 51-­1/2 years in state prison on December 17, 2025, following his conviction the previous month on public corruption charges. As CLN reported, a jury found him guilty …
NEWS IN BRIEF
Article • December 15, 2025 • from CLN January, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: In a rare victory for ethics enforcement in the Cotton State, a Lauderdale County jury returned a guilty verdict on November 7, 2025, against a former state judge accused of public corruption. According to the Alabama Political Reporter, Gilbert Porterfield Self, Sr., former presiding judge …
NEWS IN BRIEF
Article • November 15, 2025 • from CLN December, 2025
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama sentenced former Centre Police Department (CPD) Off. Michael Kilgore, 41, to four years in federal prison on October 8, 2025, after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in a wild evidence-­planting scheme to …
News in Brief
Article • August 1, 2025 • from CLN August, 2025
Filed under: Assault by Police, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Stun Guns/Tasers, Immigration, False Arrest, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of
News in Brief by Alabama: Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith faces six misdemeanor counts after a grand jury indicted him on May 30, 2025, for knowingly employing uncertified personnel. WBRC in Birmingham reported that Smith’s second-in-command, Chief Deputy Ralph Williams, was also indicted on one count of providing false or …
Johnson v. Dunn, AL, Sanctions Order, Fabricating Citations, 2025
Brief • July 23, 2025
Filed under: Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of
Johnson v. Dunn, AL, Sanctions Order, Fabricating Citations, 2025 Case 2:21-cv-01701-AMM Document 204 Filed 07/23/25 FILED Page 1 of 51 2025 Jul-23 PM 03:03 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION FRANKIE JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, et al., Defendants. …
News in Brief
Article • May 15, 2025 • from CLN June, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On March 31, 2025, in State of Alabama v. Mac Marquette, Morgan County Circuit Judge Charles Elliott denied former Decatur Police Department officer Marquette’s motion for self-defense immunity in the fatal shooting of Steve Perkins. According to the Associate Press, the denial depended legally on …
NEWS IN BRIEF
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: On February 19, 2025, a grand jury called for the immediate abolition of the Hanceville Police Department for its “rampant culture of corruption” that turned it into a criminal enterprise. The New York Post reported that an investigation followed the death of dispatcher Christopher Willingham, …
News in Brief
Article • December 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A former Huntsville, Alabama police officer, William “Ben” Darby, was sentenced again on October 26, 2024, to 25 years for the fatal shooting of a suicidal man in 2018, according to the Slate Report. Darby was convicted for the second time in May 2024 of …
News In Brief
Article • December 1, 2024 • from CLN December, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News In Brief by Alabama: A former Tuscumbia police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on August 24, 2024, after pleading guilty to manslaughter in connection with a fatal pedestrian accident. The incident occurred in October 2022 when James “Jay” Keith Steward’s vehicle struck and killed 60-year-old Terry …
News In Brief
Article • November 1, 2024 • from CLN November, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News In Brief by Alabama: WSFA out of Mobile reported that on August 22 and 23, 2024, a sex trafficking sting operation occurring in several jurisdictions resulted in the arrests of 11 men. Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham and other law enforcement officials discussed the results at a press conference. …
News in Brief
Article • October 1, 2024 • from CLN October, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Former Centre policeman Michael Kilgore, 40, should have known co-conspirators will bumble any crime. After his co-conspirator went singing to authorities, Kilgore was fired and charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in May 2023. WRCB reported, that according to the plea agreement, Kilgore …
Moye v. Butler, AL, Judgment, Inadequate Medical Care, 2024
Brief • May 23, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Moye v. Butler, AL, Judgment, Inadequate Medical Care, 2024 Case 1:22-cv-00026-JB-B Document 155 Filed 05/23/24 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 4728 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION CANYON DUFF MOYE, Plaintiff, v. MANUEL POUPARINAS, M.D., Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) …
Estate of Arthur Stapler v. Alabama DOC, AL, Complaint, Unlawful Removal of Organs, 2024
Brief • April 11, 2024
Filed under: Stolen Property, Unlawful Detention
Estate of Arthur Stapler v. Alabama DOC, AL, Complaint, Unlawful Removal of Organs, 2024 DOCUMENT 2 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 4/11/2024 4:16 PM 03-CV-2024-900568.00 CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA GINA J. ISHMAN, CLERK IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA BILLY WAYNE STAPLER, Plaintiff, v. ) ) ) ) Case …
Estate of Mary Strong v. Dallas County Commission, AL, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024
Brief • April 4, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Estate of Mary Strong v. Dallas County Commission, AL, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024 Case 2:24-cv-00105-TFM-B Document 1 Filed 04/04/24 Page 1 of 31 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION DENISE STRONG, as Personal Representative of the Estate of …
Lung Float Test: Junk Science Used to Convict Women of Murder
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
Filed under: junk science, Wrongful Conviction
Lung Float Test: Junk Science Used to Convict Women of Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When a woman has a child while alone that does not survive, authorities may wonder if the child was stillborn or murdered by the mother. Many medical examiners attempt to answer that …
Moye v. Butler, AL, Order Granting Denying in Part MSJ, Inadequate Medical Care, 2024
Brief • March 5, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Moye v. Butler, AL, Order Granting Denying in Part MSJ, Inadequate Medical Care, 2024 Case 1:22-cv-00026-JB-B Document 104 Filed 03/05/24 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 4185 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION CANYON DUFF MOYE, Plaintiff, v. REOSHA BUTLER, et al., …
Eleventh Circuit Announces Defendant May Not Be Sentenced to Home Confinement for Violating Terms of Supervised Release When Sentenced to Statutory Maximum Period of Imprisonment for the Violation
Article • December 15, 2023 • from CLN December, 2023
Filed under: Community Confinement/Home Detention, Supervised Release - Imposition of New Term, Offense Statutory Maximum, Sentence, Statutory Maximum
Eleventh Circuit Announces Defendant May Not Be Sentenced to Home Confinement for Violating Terms of Supervised Release When Sentenced to Statutory Maximum Period of Imprisonment for the Violation by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held …
News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2023 • from CLN November, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to The New York Times, the most notable sack and fumble of the Jefferson County high school football game on September 14, 2023, came after the game ended and the police were in the process of clearing the stadium. In the tradition of historically …
Caswell v. Etowah County, AL, Complaint, Inadequate Medical Care, 2023
Brief • October 13, 2023
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Caswell v. Etowah County, AL, Complaint, Inadequate Medical Care, 2023 Case 4:23-cv-01380-ACA-NAD Document 1 Filed 10/13/23 Page 1 of 62 FILED 2023 Oct-13 AM 11:25 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA MIDDLE DIVISION ASHLEY CASWELL, Plaintiff, v. ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA; ETOWAH COUNTY …
SCOTUS Announces Proper Remedy for Venue and Vicinage Clause Violations Is Retrial in Proper Venue, Not Barring Retrial
Article • August 1, 2023 • from CLN August, 2023
Filed under: Venue, Adequacy of Remedy
SCOTUS Announces Proper Remedy for Venue and Vicinage Clause Violations Is Retrial in Proper Venue, Not Barring Retrial by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously held that a conviction that is reversed based on a judicial determination that the Venue Clause and the …
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