Contested races for the state Republican Executive Committee in Mobile and Baldwin counties will be decided June 1, alongside the district attorney and state Senate contests drawing the headlines.
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Bar Panel Disbars Former Judge Herman Thomas, Calling Paddlings ‘Sexually Motivated Assaults’
A five-member Alabama State Bar disciplinary panel found former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas untruthful and barred him from practicing law, crediting the inmates a jury had not.
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Mobile’s Police Union Backs Ashley Rich in the Race to Succeed Tyson
The Mobile County Law Enforcement Association endorsed Assistant District Attorney Ashley Rich in the Republican primary for district attorney, as chief assistant Nicki Patterson ruled out a run.
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Reading Reed Between the Lines: A Rival’s Blessing in Senate District 33
Reports that Joe Reed would back Vivian Figures against Herman Thomas cut across four decades of Mobile political rivalry, and turned on a single legislative vote about a building’s name.
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Acquitted Ex-Judge Herman Thomas Weighs a Run Against Vivian Figures
Months after his acquittal, former judge Herman Thomas was among several prominent figures weighing a challenge to state Sen. Vivian Figures, whose family had testified for the prosecution at his trial.
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Acquitted in Court, Herman Thomas Faces the Alabama Bar Over His Law License
A month after his acquittal, former Circuit Judge Herman Thomas was set for a February 16 hearing before an Alabama State Bar panel that will decide whether he may practice law again.
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Inside the Herman Thomas Trial: First Impressions From a Crowded Mobile Courtroom
The trial of former Mobile Circuit Judge Herman Thomas opened in October 2009 on more than 70 charges, with a retired judge presiding, a combative defense and a jury of 16 seated for a case expected to last weeks.
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Tyson’s Options Narrow: Democrats Look Elsewhere for an Attorney General Candidate
Mobile County’s district attorney was his party’s nominee for attorney general in 2006. Three years on, the path to a rematch looks steeper, and other Democrats are circling the 2010 nomination.
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Dark Skies Over the Jail: Herman Thomas Surrenders on a 57-Count Indictment
The former Mobile circuit judge surrendered on charges of extortion, kidnapping and sexual abuse involving nine inmates, while his lawyer denounced the case outside the jail as a ‘high tech lynching.’
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Mobile Notebook: A Scarce Mayor, a Promised Rebuttal and a District Meeting in Leinkauf
Mayor Sam Jones’s absence from City Hall was raising eyebrows, the camp of former judge Herman Thomas promised a reply to recent allegations, and Councilman William Carroll called a district meeting.