It may be ‘very difficult’ to find fair jury for man accused of killing 18 people, lawyer says
June 17, 2025
A judge ruled that the Alabama man accused of killing 18 people in 2023 and 2024, including two mass shootings, will go to trial in April next year. Damien McDaniel could face the death penalty for those cases. But his attorneys raised concerns in a hearing on Tuesday about whether it will be possible to select jurors who don’t have connections to the victims in those cases. Birmingham had one of the deadliest years on record in 2024 with 151 homicides. Birmingham police officers have accused McDaniel and one of other man of committing almost one third of those murders.
