Alabama, Breastfeeding and Jury Duty
A mother shouldn’t be relying on a subjective, sympathetic judge to determine whether she can feed her baby or not,” Rep. Susan DuBose said.
Only days after the incident, public outry led to a new state order excusing breastfeeding women from jury duty.
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WVTM) — A big win for nursing mothers trying to be excused from jury duty in Alabama courtrooms. The Alabama Supreme Court issued an administrative order Jan. 17 regarding ...
Alabama mothers react to supreme court ruling excusing breastfeeding mothers from jury duty
Alabama mom Kandace Brown says she attempted to seek exemption from jury duty while breastfeeding her 3-month-old infant who ‘depends on me for life,’ but she claims she was met with pushback from court officials.
Dan Benjamin said he originally felt officer Jeffrey Nelson was not guilty of second-degree murder, but changed his mind after getting over his own "biases."
A no brainer to jump in and support Kandace Brown, a mom of five who had to bring her three-month-old to the Jefferson County Courthouse last week when she wasn’t immediately excused from jury duty. For hours, she was met with backlash and threatened with DHR for having her infant in tow.
A federal judge ordered the legal teams representing Koch Foods of Alabama LLC and former employee Pamela McCullers to go to lunch together.
Only days after a breastfeeding mother summoned for jury duty was forced to bring her 3-month-old daughter to an Alabama courthouse, the state Supreme Court declared breastfeeding women should be excused from the civic responsibility.
In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of sandhill cranes stand tall among broken corn stalks and shallow water searching for corn, berries, seeds and insects.
According to Cpt. Marty Sellers with the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit, police responded around 11:10 p.m. to Creekwood Village apartments on a report of a shooting. Officers entered an apartment and found Marquise Scott dead from gunshot wounds.