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Alabama Highway Patrol (Alabama) Fowler shot and killed unarmed civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson during a peaceful demonstration in Marion, Alabama. Forty years later in 2005, Fowler admitted he had shot Jackson. In 2007, he was indicted for manslaughter, and in 2010, he pled guilty and was sentenced to six months in prison. [178]
Jimmy Wilson was arrested on July 27, 1957, for stealing $1.95 at night from a 74-year-old [7] white widow, Estelle Barker, in Marion, Alabama. [5] Barker also testified that Wilson attempted to rape her, which he denied; although he was not indicted on this charge, as night-time robbery carried a harsher potential sentence. [8]
Crime rates in Alabama overall have declined by 17% since 2005. Trends in crime within Alabama have largely been driven by a reduction in property crime by 25%. There has been a small increase in the number of violent crimes since 2005, which has seen an increase of 9% [1] In 2020, there were 511 violent crime offenses per 100,000 population.
A Marion County jury returned a not guilty verdict on all charges levied against a woman accused in a nursing home abuse case that went to trial last week. Randi Noel McKinley, age 33, Marion, was ...
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Sheriff Matt Bayles said his office and the Marion Police Department will share resources paid for by the $502,605 grant from the State of Ohio.
Marion County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.As of the 2020 census the population was 29,341. [1] The county seat is Hamilton. [2] The county was created by an act of the Alabama Territorial General Assembly on February 13, 1818.
The Marion County crime lab’s decision to stop testing evidence believed to be marijuana stems from a Carmel woman's fight against charges. Major decision in Hamilton County weed case led Indy ...