Alabama indigent defense policies can mean the difference between life or death

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: April 6, 2026

Words: 2,075

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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A Decatur jury in 1997 convicted Cory Maples of the 1995 murders of Stacy Alan Terry and Barry Dewayne and sentenced him to death on a 10-2 vote.

Maples confessed to the shootings. But he appealed his death sentence in part because attorneys at trial made little effort to bring evidence to the jury that might have prevented the imposition of the death penalty.

At one point, he got pro bono representation from a New …

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