2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting

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On February 12, 2010, a biology professor, 44-year-old Amy Bishop, fatally shot three people and wounded three more, during a routine meeting of the biology department attended by approximately twelve people at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Bishop was charged with one count of capital murder and three counts of attempted murder. On September 11, 2012, she pleaded guilty to the charges after family members of victims petitioned the judge against use of the death penalty. The jury heard a condensed version of the evidence on September 24, as required by Alabama law. The same day, Bishop was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In March 2009, Bishop had been denied tenure at UAH, making spring 2010 her last semester there, per university policy. Due to the attention she attracted as a result of the shooting, previous violent incidents in which Bishop had been involved or implicated were reevaluated. In 1986,...

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