Judge sentences Brian Martin to death for murder of Sheffield police officer

Brian Lansing Martin was sentenced to death Monday for killing Sheffield Police Sgt. Nick Risner, whose death prompted Alabama lawmakers to restrict early-release credits for inmates convicted of killing someone with a deadly weapon. A Colbert County judge formally imposed the sentence Oct.

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WHNTCenter· 8d ago

Judge sentences Brian Martin to death for murder of Sheffield police officer

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Yellowhammer NewsRight· 7d ago

Brian Martin sentenced to death in killing that prompted Alabama’s Nick Risner Act