{"id":241395,"date":"2025-05-14T12:16:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/gov-ivey-signs-the-speedy-trial-act\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T12:16:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:16:42","slug":"gov-ivey-signs-the-speedy-trial-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=241395","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Ivey signs the Speedy Trial Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday signed House Bill 307, creating the Speedy Trial Act. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Will Barfoot and Rep. Jim Hill, \u201cexpedites trials for violent criminal cases, reduces backlogs and ensures swift justice for victims,\u201d Ivey\u2019s release said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Attorney General Steve Marshall, Chief Justice Sarah Stewart and Senator Will Barfoot joined the governor in her office as she officially made it law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cGoing into this legislative session, I stated bolstering public safety would be my number one priority, and certainly, the Speedy Trial Act will be an important measure to accomplishing a Safe Alabama. In Alabama, we enforce the law, and I look forward to justice being served beginning with Aniah Blanchard\u2019s case. Thank you to our bill sponsors, Senator Barfoot and Representative Hill, as well as Attorney General Marshall and Chief Justice Stewart, for their work on this public safety effort,\u201d Ivey shared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The governor said she looks forward to the remaining bills in her Safe Alabama public safety package being sent to her desk when the Legislature returns Wednesday so she can swiftly sign them into law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday signed House Bill 307, creating the Speedy Trial Act. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Will Barfoot and Rep. Jim Hill, \u201cexpedites trials for violent criminal cases, reduces backlogs and ensures swift justice for victims,\u201d Ivey\u2019s release said. 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