Members of the Alabama Legislature’s contract review committee talk after a meeting on Aug. 7, 2025.Mike Cason/AL.com
The Alabama Department of Corrections is awarding a new contract to one of the lawyers reprimanded by a federal judge for the use of artificial intelligence to produce a document in a federal court case.
The Legislature’s contract review committee on Thursday put a hold on the ADOC’s latest contract with lawyer William Lunsford, who has defended the prison system in court for years and has been paid millions by the state.
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