In the last 15 years, shockingly, Alabama is the only state to ever use judicial override to sentence someone to death. ![]() Alabama is now one of only two states that allows for such judicial override and it stands alone in giving a judge no guidance in exercising this power. The United States Supreme Court recently found this practice of judicial override to be unconstitutional and struck down Florida's capital sentencing scheme, which allowed override. The elected judge presiding over the case overrode the jury and ordered his execution instead. ![]() With a vote of 9-to-3, an overwhelmingly white jury in Decatur, Ala., recommended that Robin be sentenced to Life Without the Possibility of Parole. Robin "Rocky" Myers is a 53-year-old intellectually disabled black man who was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1993 for a crime he did not commit.
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