Two jurors from the first bingo public corruption trial told the Montgomery Advertiser that evidence kept from them by prosecutors might have lead to an acquittal of defendant Ray Crosby if they had been allowed to hear it.
An investigation by state prosecutors has subpoenaed records from Alabama Department of Agriculture and seem to focus on former Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks, the Birmingham News reported Sunday.
The subpoenas were signed by Public Corruption Special Prosecutor Miles Hart. A former Assistant United States Attorney, Hart was involved in numerous public corruption investigations and prosecutions in the Northern District of Alabama.
Political wildman and real estate developer Stan Pate has pulled the plug on his campaign for Congress, the Associated Press reports. Incumbent Spencer Bachus and state Sen. Scott Beason are still on the ballot, however.
A coroner’s investigation into the death of bingo trial co-defendant Joseph “Ray” Crosby has found that the former legislative research analyst died of natural causes, specifically hypertensive cardiovascular disease.
You know that Heart of Dixie emblem on your car’s license plate? State Rep. Joe Hubbard, a Montgomery Democrat, wants to change that. He wants to replace Heart of Dixie with a new nickname: State of Champions. Is he right? Take our poll.
Sen. Shadrack McGill now says his comments calling teacher raises (but not legislative) raises “unbiblical” were taken out of context and were really about “balance.”
Sometimes, it’s reassuring to see a a gesture of cooperation between Alabama’s oft-uncooperative political parties. Especially when that gesture comes from Alabama’s state senate leadership.
Earlier this week, Pete Reihm and Dean Young were asked if they would file articles of impeachment against U.S. President Barack Obama. Reihm and Young, who are both running against incumbent Rep. Jo Bonner to be the Republican candidate in Alabama’s 1st Congressional district (southwest Alabama), replied “yes,” they would file articles of impeachment against Obama.
In 2010 Tim James lost a three-man race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. Today he’s backing Roy Moore, who’s in a three-man race for the GOP chief justice nomination.
Having gotten little truck in the lower courts, former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman has appealed his 2006 conviction on federal bribery charges to the United States Supreme Court. Siegelman is challenging whether and when a campaign contribution can be considered a bribe.
