Luther Bernard Watkins

A circuit judge has denied a motion to dismiss the capital murder charge against a man who said he was acting in self-defense when he killed a Tuscaloosa Police officer almost six years ago.

Almost six years after Luther Bernard Watkins Jr. shot and killed a Tuscaloosa Police Officer, a judge is deciding if he did so in self-defense or if he will face a jury trial for capital murder.

The man who killed a Tuscaloosa Police officer more than five years ago will present a case that he did so in self-defense later this month.

A man who killed a Tuscaloosa Police investigator more than five years ago says he's being subjected to inhumane treatment in the Tuscaloosa County Jail and continues to plead for a transfer or trial.

Attorneys for the man accused of murdering a Tuscaloosa Police officer have asked to transfer him out of the jail here, where he has been held for almost five years without bond or a trial.

A man accused of fatally shooting a police officer in Tuscaloosa almost four years ago has been declared competent enough for his capital murder trial, which is expected to begin sometime later this year.

Almost three years after a Tuscaloosa Police Officer was fatally shot in the line of duty, a judge said his alleged killer may go to trial early next year.

The man accused of murdering a Tuscaloosa Police officer in 2019 is asking a judge to prohibit him from being sentenced to death because of his age.