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Troy King
Alabama Attorney General & Legal Advisor to Governor Bob Riley
Troy King was a Republican Politician who helped indict Don
Siegelman. The Bush appointed Attorney General, Alice
Martin, worked closely with the new Attorney General Troy King
when she brought the first federal indictment of Don Siegelman
to the Birmingham courts. King appeared at the press
conference with Alice Martin announcing Siegelman’s indictment
because, “the investigation was a joint federal-state project
conducted by Martin and state Attorney General Troy King's
staff.” [3]
When Attorney General Bill Pryor was appointed to the bench of
the Eleventh Circuit Court in the spring of 2004, Riley needed a
trusted republican in the new top law enforcement position of
attorney general, so he appointed his legal advisor, Troy King.
He was young, ambitious and dogged in his pursuits, though
detractors noted his lengthy bureaucratic resume and called his
courtroom experience nonexistent.
King hailed from tiny Elba in the southeastern Alabama quadrant
known as "The Wiregrass." His family went to the Baptist church;
his mother taught school. He seems to be a typical small town,
Southern boy, conservative, unafraid to stand by his beliefs,
attending the local college then Troy State University, only 31
miles from Elba. He got his law degree from the University of
Alabama. Troy and Mrs. King have 3 young children and are
members at First Baptist Church in Montgomery, where Troy
teaches 3-year-olds' Sunday School. [1] [2]
King had served in state administrations since 1995 and was
made an assistant attorney general in 1999. He worked in top
level positions in the administrations of Governor Fob James
and Governor Bob Riley, where he was an Assistant Attorney
General for four years. He has served as Alabama’s Attorney
General since March of 2004, and he was elected to a four year
term in November of 2006. [1] [2]
King was single-minded in both in his rise to power and the
execution of his office. King's approach to his job can best be
described as energetic, hands-on, and pro-active. Issues of
concern in his political work are classically conservative. He is
committed to ensuring that Alabama's children are protected
whether they are "in the womb or in the world." General King
also claims that he was focused on prosecuting illegal gambling,
corrupt public officials, and murderers. Some employees
observed that changes emerged in the attorney general’s staff
and in the focus of prosecutions. There were rumors of undue
influence from beyond the office. [1] [2]
Furthermore, Alabama’s district attorneys are troubled with
King’s partisan approach to his work. They express concerns
that the attorney general fails to separate his politics from
proper judicial procedures. Outstanding among his partisan
projects are several examples of selective prosecution: The
case of Don Siegelman that King's office aided, and his weak
case against former Secretary of State Nancy Worley.
One editorial opined that Mr. King is an "ambitious man who can
be ruthless and vindictive.... embracing “technical violations” of
the judicial system is dangerous to democracy".[4]
[1] AL Attorney General website
[2] Harper's 10/4/07
[3] AP, Rawls, 3/8/04; AP, Rawls, 5/27/04
[4] Decatur Daily 10/18/07
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| Troy King |
| photo: Al gov Alabama Attorney General 2004 - His office aided the selective prosecution of former Governor Siegelman and Secretary of State Nancy Worley. |
| photo: ALA Gov Alice Martin, worked with Troy King to bring an unsuccessful federal prosecution in Birmingham against Don Siegelman. |