Doug Jones (politician)

Doug Jones

Gordon Douglas "Doug" Jones (born May 4, 1954 in Fairfield , Alabama ) is an American politician and former federal attorney . He belongs to the Democratic Party . In the by-election on December 12, 2017 in Alabama, he became a Senator elected the United States. He was sworn in on January 3, 2018.

Life

Doug Jones grew up in Fairfield, the son of Gordon and Gloria Jones. His father worked at US Steel and his mother was a housewife. Jones graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Political Science in 1976 and a Juris Doctor degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1979 .

He initially worked as a legal advisor to Senator Howell Heflin on the US Senate Judiciary Committee . From 1980 to 1984 Jones was Assistant US Attorney and then worked for a law firm in Birmingham, Alabama , until 1997 .

After his tenure as federal prosecutor, Jones worked again as a lawyer in the private sector from 2001. In 2013, he founded a law firm, Jones & Hawley, PC , in Birmingham with longtime friend Greg Hawley .

Jones has been married since 1992. The couple has three children. Jones is a member of a Methodist church.

US Attorney

President Bill Clinton nominated Jones as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama on September 2, 1997 . On September 8, 1997, he was appointed provisional US attorney by the relevant district court and confirmed by the Senate on November 8.

Known cases

In January 1998 Eric Rudolph bombed an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama , and a security guard was killed. Jones was responsible for coordinating the federal and state investigations.

Jones is investigating two remaining perpetrators of the bombing of the Birmingham, Alabama Baptist Church , Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry . Four black girls were killed in the attack by the Ku Klux Klan in 1963. The case had been reopened in 1997 before Jones was appointed. After the establishment of a grand jury in 1998, new evidence was gained about the first statements made by Cherry's ex-wife. This made it possible for Jones to indict both perpetrators in 2000. Blanton and Cherry were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2001 and 2002, respectively.

In 2007 the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute honored Jones with the 15th Anniversary Civil Rights Distinguished Service Award . That same year, Jones testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the resumption of crimes of the Civil Rights Movement .

Election to senator

On December 12, 2017, Doug Jones was elected U.S. Senator for the state of Alabama in a by - election. The election became necessary after the incumbent Jeff Sessions was appointed Attorney General . Jones was able to prevail against the Republican Roy Moore , although Alabama is considered a Republican stronghold, as Moore's election campaign was overshadowed by rape allegations. Jones took advice from Joe Trippi for his campaign .

Web links

• Doug Jones in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Website Senate candidacy in 2017 (English)
• How Doug Jones convinced Alabama voters. In: sueddeutsche.de (portrait)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Meet Doug Jones": "Doug's parents, Gordon and Gloria Jones, live in Birmingham and his sister Terrie Savage and her husband Scott live in Hartselle." (No longer available online.) In: Doug Jones for Senate. August 16, 2017, archived from the original on December 12, 2017 ; accessed on August 16, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Kevin Sack: PUBLIC LIVES; An Alabama Prosecutor Confronts the Burden of History. In: The New York Times. May 5, 2001, Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Jeremy Gray: Doug Jones announces run for the US Senate. In: The Birmingham News . May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
4. ^ Murnaghan: Douglas Jones. In: Public Justice. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
5. ^ Kent Faulk: Birmingham attorneys Doug Jones and Greg Hawley form law firm. In: al.com. June 7, 2013, accessed May 18, 2017 . 
6. ^ Doug Jones: Meet Doug Jones. (No longer available online.) In: Doug Jones for Senate. August 16, 2017, archived from the original on December 12, 2017 ; accessed on August 16, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Doug Jones: Son of a steelworker, Doug Jones works to connect with Alabama voters. In: AL.Com. September 28, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Panel Discussion: Criminal Discovery In Practice , 15 Ga. St. UL Rev. 781, 782 n.2 (1999).
9. ^ John Verhoevek: Meet the Alabama Senate candidates: Controversial gun-toting judge Roy Moore and a lawyer who fought the KKK. In: ABC News , September 27, 2017.
10. ↑ Bombing Suspect Eric Rudolph indicted. In: ABC News. November 15, 2000, accessed May 18, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Jeffrey Gettlman: Bombing Suspect Is Moved to Alabama, for Trial There First. In: The New York Times. June 3, 2003, accessed December 13, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Kevin Sack: As Church Bombing Trial Begins in Birmingham, the City's Past Is Very Much Present. In: The New York Times. April 25, 2001, Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
13. ^ Molly Hennessy-Fiske: Prosecutor reflects on the 50th anniversary of 1963 Birmingham bombing. In: Los Angeles Times. September 14, 2013, accessed May 18, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Kent Faulk: 16th Street Baptist Church bomber Thomas Blanton denied parole. In: The Birmingham News . August 3, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
15. ↑ Yvonne Lamb: Birmingham Bomber Bobby Frank Cherry Dies in Prison at 74. In: The Washington Post. November 19, 2004, accessed May 18, 2017 . 
16. ^ Federal prosecutor to speak at black history group's banquet. In: Texarkana Gazette. January 26, 2014, accessed May 18, 2017 . 
17. ^ Testimony of G. Douglas Jones. (No longer available online.) US House Judiciary Committee, June 12, 2007, archived from the original on May 7, 2017 ; accessed on May 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ^ Testimony of G. Douglas Jones - "Allegations of Selective Prosecution: The Erosion of Public Confidence in our Federal Judicial System". (No longer available online.) Subcommittee on Commercial & Administration Law of the Committee on Judiciary, US House of Representatives, October 23, 2007, archived from the original May 7, 2017 ; accessed on May 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
19. ↑ Adam Ganucheau: Hyde-Smith, Espy and McDaniel quietly racking up out-of-state cash for Senate race. In: Mississippi Today , July 22, 2018.