A Mobile man was arrested after entering a neighbor’s home and struggling with officers responding to a domestic violence complaint.
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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 ways the public rarely saw.
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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.
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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’s City Council Handed the Metro Jail Docket to Prosecutor Carol Little
The Mobile City Council selected assistant city attorney Carol Little, a Vanderbilt graduate and Howard University law alumna, to fill the part-time judgeship covering the Metro Jail docket.