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The attorney general (AG) also provides advisory opinions to local and state governments when questions arise about the constitutionality of proposed laws and regulations. It is the task of the attorney general to represent the state when questions arise concerning various criminal sentences including the death penalty.
James LePage, et al. v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Mobile Infirmary Association [a] is a 2024 Alabama Supreme Court case in which the court held that frozen embryos should be considered as living beings, allowing for in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics to be held liable for the accidental loss of embryos under Alabama's Wrongful Death of a Minor law.
Marshall was appointed Attorney General of Alabama by Governor Robert J. Bentley in February 2017, to fill the vacancy caused by Luther Strange's appointment to the United States Senate. [4] [5] [7] He was elected to a full term in 2018, defeating former attorney general Troy King in a July run-off election. [3]
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement to NBC News in reference to the Supreme Court order that the state "remains confident that the execution, and long-awaited justice, will ...
The Alabama attorney general’s office and the state Department of Corrections are aware the unredacted documents were filed in Miller’s case but declined to comment.
The demand for those documents, labeled "DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S SUBPOENA," was signed by Billy himself and invoked his authority under Section 12-17-184 of the Alabama Code, which empowers a district ...
Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that plaintiffs must present a "plausible" cause of action. Alongside Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly (and together known as Twiqbal), Iqbal raised the threshold which plaintiffs needed to meet.
The legal document states that it would be possible, though “highly unlikely”, that a hose supplying nitrogen to Smith's mask detaches from his face, filling an area around him with the ...