Tuesday, May 21 2013 8:01 AM EDT2013-05-21 12:01:34 GMT
Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, await news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51. Rescuers worked all night, with particular attentionMore >>
Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, await news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:33 AM EDT2013-05-21 11:33:11 GMT
People affected by the massive tornado that killed at least 51 people and destroyed parts of Oklahoma still do not know where their loved ones are, but many of them are using social media to find out.More >>
People affected by the massive tornado that killed at least 51 people and destroyed parts of Oklahoma still do not know where their loved ones are, but many are using social media to find out.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:13 AM EDT2013-05-21 11:13:44 GMT
You can help those affected by the deadly, severe weather that hit Oklahoma Monday. Over the weekend, Missouri, Iowa, Kasas and Illinois also experienced severe weather.The American Red Cross is acceptingMore >>
Learn how you can help victims of severe weather recover in the Plains States...More >>
It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize.More >>
It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly...More >>
LEE COUNTY, AL (WTVM) -
The Lee County Court Administration has confirmed that Judge Jacob A. Walker III has sentenced Gregory Lance Henderson to death.
In October 2011, a jury convicted Gregory Henderson in the capital murder of Lee County Sheriff's Deputy James W. Anderson in September 2009.
In a 9 to 3 vote, jurors recommended life without the possibility of parole.
Judge Walker overrode the Lee County jury's recommendation for life in prison around 11:15 a.m. Thursday.
A report from the Equal Justice Initiative says Alabama is the only state where judges routinely override jury verdicts of life to impose the death penalty.
According to the report, since 1976 judges in Alabama overrode jury verdicts 107 times. Of those, 92% of them were cases where a judge overruled jury verdicts of life to impose the death penalty.
Gregory Henderson, a Georgia-native, is accused of running over and killing Lee County sheriff's deputy James Anderson in 2009.
Lee County Deputy James W. Anderson
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