Officer Name: Sheriff Tom Tate

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Sheriff Tom Tate – Monroe County Sheriff’s Office

Written by CBKN76

In the late 1980s, Sheriff Tom Tate was involved in the wrongful conviction of Walter McMillian for capital murder. Evidence revealed that Sheriff Tate withheld exculpatory information and generated false, inculpatory evidence, leading to McMillian’s nearly six-year incarceration on Death Row. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction in 1993, citing these violations. […]

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