Mobile Judgeship Opens as the City’s 2013 Political Season Heats Up
The retirement of District Judge Charles McKnight set off a scramble for a Mobile County District Court seat as the city's mayoral race and council contests came into focus.
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…
A Senator for the Defense: Richard Shelby Gets Appointed to a Mobile Drug Case
A clerical mix-up in Mobile County District Court assigned U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby to represent an indigent defendant. The senator called the judge himself to sort it out.
Mobile County Judges Say They Have No Power to Erase an Arrest Record
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.