held several public offices, including deputy, district attorney, circuit judge, chief justice of the alabama supreme court. in addition to running five state wide and three counter campaigns for public office, i have been involved into major controversies that attracted national attention, one about the ten commandments, the other about the sanctity of marriage. the alabama judicial inquiry commission, court of the judiciary and attorney general have investigated, scrutinized and examined and vetted me, not to mention every opposing candidate against whom i have run. i have been married for almost 33 years to my wife, and we have four children, five granddaughters. we are in the process of investigating these false allegations to determine their origin, motivation. for instance, we have documented that the most recent accuser, beverly nelson, was a party in a divorce action before me in etowah county circuit court in 1999. no motion was made for me to recuse. it nelson did not mention
justice of the alabama supreme court. in addition to running five state wide and three counter campaigns for public office, i have been involved into major two major controversies that attracted national attention, one about the ten commandments, the other about the sanctity of marriage. the alabama judicial inquiry commission, court of the judiciary and attorney general have investigated, scrutinized and examined and vetted me, not to mention every opposing candidate against whom i have run. i have been married for almost 33 years to my wife, and we have four children and five granddaughters. we are in the process of investigating these false allegations to determine their origin, motivation. for instance, we have documented that the most recent accuser, beverly nelson, was a party in a divorce action beforere me in etowah county circuit court in 1999. no motion was made for me to recuse. nelson did not mention that i was the judge assigned to her divorce case in 1999, a matter