MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – The Mobile County court system hit a milestone of sorts this week with the first murder trial of the year.
Prosecutors welcomed that – along with a robbery conviction Wednesday in a case that carries a mandatory life-without-parole sentence. But the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office said the cases tried since jury trials resumed March 1 have done little to whittle away a backlog of some 10,000 cases.
And prosecutors and the judges remain at odds over