Alabama

Alabama Attorney General KING, D.A. Smith Protest William Shank Parole; Ask Prison Chief To Join In Petition To Cancel Credit For Time Not Served

January 25, 2005 -- (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Troy King today praised Alabama's special Board of Pardons and Paroles for its decision to deny parole to William Shank, who was convicted for the savage beating death of a 12-month-old infant girl and evaded his sentence for 15 years fighting extradition after his erroneous release from prison was discovered.    » read more »

Thorne Bay Student Selected by White House; Alaskan to Participate in Presidential Inauguration

January 19, 2005 -- (Washington) – Fourteen-year-old Thorne Bay resident Ethan Cook is in Washington, D.C. to participate in Thursday’s presidential inauguration processional and ceremony.    » read more »

Governor Riley Appoints Mark Gaines Jefferson County Probate Judge

January 18, 2005 -- MONTGOMERY - Governor Bob Riley today appointed State Representative Mark Gaines of Homewood as the presiding Jefferson County Probate Judge. Gaines fills a vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Mike Bolin who was sworn is as an associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court on January 14. As presiding probate judge, Gaines will serve as the chief elections officer in Jefferson County in addition to his probate duties.    » read more »

Governor Riley Meeting with Pentagon Officials About Importance of Alabama’s Bases

January 18, 2005 -- MONTGOMERY - While he’s in Washington for President Bush’s inauguration, Governor Bob Riley will meet with senior Department of Defense Officials at the Pentagon to discuss the upcoming round of federal military base closures.    » read more »

State Uses Funds More Efficiently to Benefit Priority Transportation Projects

MOBILE COUNTY - Alabamians in southwestern Mobile County now have a more direct route to Interstate 10 and another evacuation route from the coast after Governor Bob Riley and other officials today opened a new highway interchange in Irvington.    » read more »

January 10, 2005 -- (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Troy King today announced a ground-breaking agreement, initiated by State Farm Mutual Insurance Co., to locate and compensate consumers who purchased automobiles that should have been sold with "salvage" or similarly qualified titles. Nationwide, approximately 30,000 vehicle owners may be eligible for payments in the settlement that totals $40 million.    » read more »

January 11, 2005 -- (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Troy King warned consumers to be wary of solicitors that take money and promise to help people get jobs with the Hyundai plant coming to Montgomery. Unscrupulous people have claimed to be able to provide job seekers with an advantage in being hired, for a fee. Attorney General King asked that people notify his Office of Consumer Affairs if they have paid such fees or if they are approached.    » read more »

January 13, 2005 -- (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Troy King today asked the Jefferson County Circuit Court to revoke its appointment of a state-paid attorney who represented Bobby Frank Cherry in his appeals of his convictions for the murder of four young girls in the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Even though he no longer has a client living to represent, the court-appointed lawyer has continued to file a myriad of motions in an attempt to vacate or overturn Cherry's convictions after his death.    » read more »