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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.
The grounds for impeachment specified in the state's constitution are: Willful neglect of duty, corruption in office, incompetency, or intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors or narcotics to such an extent, in view of the dignity of the office and importance of its duties, as unfits the officer for the discharge of such duties for any offense involving moral turpitude while in office ...
Alabama is not the only state to have used judicial override in the past. The state modelled its policy after Florida’s in the 1970s. It was originally envisioned as a way to bar juries from ...
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.
“We are working on a resolution,” the office of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall told CNN this week. The complaint had sought a judicial order preventing the defendants from performing ...
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.
In 1975, at the age of thirty, he was elected District Attorney of Mobile County. Graddick, who served as Alabama’s Attorney General from 1979 to 1987, has always been a proponent of the tough on crime mindset and lengthy sentences. Under his watch, Alabama's prison system became known as one of the harshest in the United States.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall previously described the execution as “textbook.” The state will file a response later to the request for a preliminary injunction.