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The Alabama Sentencing Commission was established to maintain an effective, fair, and efficient sentencing system for the state of Alabama.The 17-member commission is also charged with enhancing public safety, providing truth-in-sentencing and preventing unwarranted disparity in the sentencing of individuals convicted in the state's criminal justice system. [1]
It is headquartered in the Alabama Criminal Justice Center in Montgomery. [1] [2] Alabama has relatively long mandatory sentencing laws compared to most other states, resulting in a rising prison population stemming from longer prison sentences. It operates the nation's most crowded prison system.
The Alabama Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the State of Alabama.The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts has authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $3,000 and has exclusive original jurisdiction over claims for more than $10,000. [1]
Most judges do accept it because the sentence given is the same as the sentence for a regular guilty plea under the state sentencing guidelines." [12] Criminal Evidence explained the application of the Alford plea in U.S. states, "Most state courts hold that an Alford plea is the 'functional equivalent' of a regular plea of guilty. Therefore, a ...
The Court of Criminal Appeals hears appeals on cases that have been decided at the Circuit Court level (of which there are 40 in the state). The five judges that sit on the Court of Criminal Appeals hear all criminal appeals including felony cases, convictions involving misdemeanors, and violations of multiple ordinances. [3]
An Alabama man who was serving a life sentence for stealing $50 will be released in the next few days — 36 years after he went to prison for the crime. ... Carpenter resentenced Kennard's case ...