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Mobile Judge Says the ‘Revolving Jailhouse Door’ Is No Simple Matter

July 29, 2011 James Bullard

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…

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Mobile County Judges Say They Have No Power to Erase an Arrest Record

March 7, 2005 James Bullard

A standing order from Mobile County District Court, reported in March 2005, declared the court had no authority to expunge arrest records and sent petitioners to the Legislature instead.