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BLACK MAN WHO SPENT 30 YEARS ON DEATH ROW DENIED NEW TRIAL AFTER LAWYERS UNCOVER DEFENSE ATTORNEY'S KKK TIES
Robin “Rocky” Myers, who spent more than 30 years on Alabama's death row for the 1991 murder of Ludie Mae Tucker, has been denied a new trial after his lawyers uncovered extensive historical ties between his original court appointed lawyer and the Ku Klux Klan. No forensic evidence tied Myers to the crime scene, a key witness later recanted, and Governor Kay Ivey commuted his death sentence in 2025 because of doubts about his guilt. The latest petition was denied on procedural grounds rather than after a court weighed the new Klan evidence.
BigV•9/9/2026•1 min read
