For Immediate Release:
February 28, 2025
For press inquiries only, contact:
Amanda Priest (334) 322-5694
William Califf (334) 604-3230
(Montgomery, Ala) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued the following statement in response to Governor Ivey’s decision to commute the death sentence of Rocky Myers.
“I am astonished by Governor Ivey’s decision to commute the death sentence of Rocky Myers and am bewildered that she chose not to directly communicate with me about this case or her decision.
For the last 30 years, my Office has zealously defended this case on appeal; and for 30 years, no court has reached the conclusion that the Governor reached after a cursory review. Despite my Office’s thorough response to the Governor’s request for information yesterday afternoon, her decision was announced less than 24 hours later.
My capital litigation and victims’ services teams will go home tonight deeply saddened, not for themselves, but for the family of Ludie Mae Tucker. We will never stop fighting for justice.”
You can read the full letter the Attorney General’s Office sent to Governor Ivey’s Office yesterday here.
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