10 Commandment Opponent Suspended by State Bar

Stephen Glassroth, filer of the initial complaint to force then Supreme Court Cheif Justice Roy Moore to remove the 10 Commandments monument from state judicial building, has had his licence to practice law suspended.

After his failure to reply to a complaint filed against him by Dana Jill Simpson, a fellow lawyer, the Alabama Bar chose to suspend Glassroth's license. Simpson has also filed a $50,000 suit against Glassroth. The trial date is set for this coming August.

Simpson made news previously when she testified to the House Judiciary about a plot hatched by Karl Rove to seek an indictment against then governor Don Siegelman. Simpson, a Republican, was working on the Bob Riley campaign at the time.

According to reports, Glassroth is listed as having contributed a total of $750 to the Artur Davis campaign.

Executions to Begin Anew in the New Year

After almost a year and a half with no executions, the State of Alabama plans to begin exercising it's death penalty again. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling temporarily halted Alabama's death penalty moments before James H. Callahan was to be executed on August 23, 2007. No one has been executed in the state since that date.

The ruling indicated that Alabama's lethal injection method could be considered cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama began to offer lethal injection as a method of execution in 2002. Previously, death row inmates were executed by electric chair. The last person executed by the electric chair in Alabama was Lynda Lyon Block, a white female, in 2002.

Since lethal injection became an option, 14 individuals have been executed in Alabama. All of them were male; 11 were white and 3 were black. They were executed at the Holman Correctional facility. Among those executed by lethal injection was the husband of Lynda Lyon Block, George Everett Sibley, Jr.

The Alabama Supreme Court plans to execute an inmate a month for the first 5 months of 2009. Callahan is now scheduled to be executed January 15th.

Christmas on Parade

Children and adults alike lined Broad Street, today, for Selma's annual Christmas parade. The weather perfect, with just enough chill in the air to remind one of the season. The parade lasted about an hour, and was ended in the traditional way, with Santa and Mrs. Claus riding in the bucket of a Selma Fire truck.

Christmas Parade

Tomorrow is the Selma Christmas parade. This year's parade will have a military theme, "Red, White and Blue, and Santa, too." The parade is scheduled to begin at 9AM, downtown.

It's Official: Tuberville Resigns

After days of speculation, and weeks of gossip, Head Coach Tommy Tuberville resigned, yesterday, as head coach of the Auburn Tigers. Just weeks after issuing a statement that he intended to be on the plains for "10 more years," Tuberville told his players that he would no longer be their coach.

Tuberville led the Tigers to an undefeated season, and 6 straight wins against in-state arch-rival, Alabama, during his decade as head coach on the plains.

Among the names floating as a replacement is Derek Dooley, son of Auburn alumni, and former University of Georgia head coach, Vince Dooley.