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Robin “Rocky” Myers, a Black man whose death sentence was commuted last year, is asking for his murder conviction to be overturned, saying he was represented in trial by an attorney who had ties to ...

The Alabama Supreme Court has cleared the way for the state to execute Robin “Rocky” Myers, despite a juror on his case expressing regret and pleading for the man’s life. Myers, 63, is set to die by ...

The Constitutional guarantee that anyone accused of a crime has a right to the assistance of counsel has long been regarded as a key to fairness in the criminal justice system. Almost 100 years ago, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay ...