A Veteran Prosecutor Inherits the Tangled Nodine Case
Retired prosecutor David Whetstone became the latest to take up the tangled Nodine file, named a special prosecutor by the attorney general to pursue a murder theory despite a grand…
From Murder to Misdemeanor: Grand Jury Reshapes the Nodine Case
A Baldwin County grand jury dramatically reduced the charge against Stephen Nodine to criminally negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, in the death of Angel Downs, drawing sharp reactions from all sides.
Mobile Judge Says the ‘Revolving Jailhouse Door’ Is No Simple Matter
Mobile County District Judge Michael E. McMaken pushed back on criticism of a 'revolving jailhouse door,' arguing that preset bonds, jail overcrowding and shrinking court budgets were bound together in…