The US Supreme Court declined Monday to take up the question of whether states can impose schedule-based cash bail on an indigent defendant before allowing their pre-trial release from jail. Bradley H.
A 2017 lawsuit claiming that the use of Cullman County’s bail procedures unconstitutionally favor wealthier defendants now has the potential to have a nationwide impact after a petition was filed,
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BIRMINGHAM A Jefferson County man who pleaded guilty to child porn charges, was sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release.
James Curtis Brasher, 49, of Warrior, reached a plea deal admitting to accessing the Darknet through the use of the Tor app. Prosecutors said he obtained over 58,000 images of child pornography, including images of children under 12.
United States District Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala also ordered Brasher to pay $69,000.00 in restitution to the victims. He will also have to register as a sex offender.
FBI Birmingham’s Child Exploitation Human Trafficking Task Force (CEHTTF) investigated the case, with the assistance of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and Warrior Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney R. Leann White prosecuted the case.
Case of Alabama police officer who slammed Indian grandfather to ground settled for $1.75 million
Updated Apr 08, 2021;
An Indian man who was injured in 2015 during an encounter with a Madison police officer has settled his federal lawsuit against the officer’s insurance carrier for $1.75 million.
Sureshbai Patel’s attorney, Hank Sherrod, announced the settlement today, which means that Patel’s case has been formally dismissed.
On Feb. 6, 2015, Patel, then 57, was out for a walk near his son’s home in Madison. A citizen of India, Patel was visiting his son and daughter-in-law and their child.
Video showed the moment that day when Patel was contacted by two Madison police officers, a new officer going through field training and his training officer, Eric Parker. According to Madison police at the time, they were responding to a call regarding someone looking into garages.