Entries tagged with “Gov. Robert Bentley”
Issues
New Voices
,May 26, 2023
Former Republican and Democratic Governors from Alabama Critique State’s Death Penalty and Express Regret
“[W]e have come over time to see the flaws in our nation’s justice system and to view the state’s death penalty laws in particular as legally and morally troubling,” wrote two former governors of Alabama in an op-ed for the Washington Post. Republican Robert Bentley (pictured, right) and Democrat Don Siegelman (pictured, left) agree that the 146 people whose death sentences were imposed by non-unanimous juries or judicial override should have their sentences commuted. “We missed our chance to…
Research
New Voices
,Nov 01, 2021
‘I Asked God to Forgive Me’: Former Alabama Governors Express Doubts About Capital Punishment
Two former Alabama governors, one a Democrat and one a Republican, have expressed serious doubts about the death penalty in the state and across the country. In interviews with Birmingham television reporter Lee Hedgepeth in advance of the October 21, 2021 execution of Alabama death-row prisoner Willie B. Smith III, Democrat Don Siegelman (pictured, left) and Republican Robert Bentley (pictured, right), both said they now have significant reservations about the death penalty. Siegelman, who…