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Alice Martin was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. She was nominated by George W. Bush and served from September 29, 2001 until June 2009. She previously ran unsuccessfully as a Republican candidate in two elections. Martin tendered her resignation from office in June 2009, five months after the inauguration of Democratic President Barack Obama.〔Gordon, Robert K. (June 16, 2009) "U.S. Attorney Alice Martin of Birmingham announces resignation." ''Birmingham News''〕 Martin grew up on her father's cotton, wheat and soybean farm in Sledge, Mississippi. She has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University and is a Registered Nurse. She worked as a nurse during law school and received her Juris Doctorate in 1981 from the University of Mississippi. ==Controversy== Martin has been criticized for her involvement in the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Martin was also criticized and investigated for perjury in ''Brown v. Ashcroft'', which dealt with a FOIA request concerning Martin firing a black assistant attorney. The case was decided by Fuller, who served as judge in the Siegelman case.〔 Currently the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating her for misconduct in two cases including the Siegelman and Axion Corp.. The Axion Corp. complaint "says Martin and two of her deputies allegedly told defense lawyers that their goal was to put the company owner out of business whether or not he was convicted." Her case against Axion was thrown out at trial and the Department of Justice was ordered to pay the costs of the defendants.〔 She has also been accused of getting a critic, employed by University of Alabama at Birmingham, fired. Martin denies this.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alice Martin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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