Court to explore competency claim of ailing Alabama inmate

By KIM CHANDLER, Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in the case of an inmate sentenced to death for killing an Alabama police officer in 1985 but who lawyers say can no longer remember the murder because of stroke-induced dementia. Justices will decide if it would violate the … Continue reading Court to explore competency claim of ailing Alabama inmate