Wrongful Conviction

Advocates 4 Justice: Progress Report

We worked successfully over the last couple of years to help get 26 people off of Alabama‘s death row. These are people who were sensed to die, even though their juries returned to verdict of life in prison without parole. Judges overrode the jury through a process that is now been declared unconstitutional. Alabama banned […]

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Response to Karl Rove’s WSJ opinion piece

Guest Opinion by Don Siegelman, Governor of Alabama, 1999-2003 In Karl Rove’s WSJ opinion piece, June 10th, “Scott Pelley’s Idea of Journalism — Why Would Anyone Think ‘60 Minutes’ Is Biased? Consider What Happened to Me”,  Karl criticizes CBS 60 Minute veteran journalist Scott Pelley for not doing his due diligence. As an example, Rove focuses on a 60 Minutes story  “The Prosecution of

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We oversaw executions as governor. We regret it.

From: Washington Post: Opinion By Robert Bentley and Don Siegelman (Washington Post staff illustration; iStock) Robert Bentley, a Republican, served as governor of Alabama from 2011 to 2017. Don Siegelman, a Democrat, was governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. Alabama has 167 people on death row, a greater number per capita than in any other state.

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