Legal Opinion
Neelley v. Walker
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided November 10, 2014No. Case No. 2:14-CV-269-WKWPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
W. KEITH WATKINS, Chief Judge.
This case presents allegations that the Alabama Legislature overstepped its bounds, by amending a state statute to ensure that Plaintiff Judith A. Neelley, a former death-row inmate whose sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, would never become eligible for parole consideration. Plaintiff sues the current members of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles — Clifford Walker, William W. Wynne, Jr., and Robert P. Longshore — the officials required to apply Alabama’s allegedly unconstitutional law against her. Before the court is…
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