Alford was faced with the possibility of capital punishment if convicted by a jury trial.

Alford pled guilty to second-degree murder, and said he was doing so to avoid a death sentence if he had been convicted of first-degree murder after attempting to contest that charge.

Alford was sentenced to thirty years in prison, after the trial judge in the case accepted the plea bargain and ruled that the defendant had been adequately apprised by his lawyer.

Alford appealed and requested a new trial, arguing he was forced into a guilty plea because he was afraid of receiving a death sentence.

Following this ruling, Alford petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, which upheld the initial ruling, and subsequently to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit which ruled that Alford's plea was not voluntary, because it was made under fear of the death penalty.

In 1994 it was shown by W. R. ( Red ) Alford, Andrew Granville and Carl Pomerance that there really do exist infinitely many Carmichael numbers.

Scholars such as Uri Rubin and Shahab Ahmed and Guillaume hold that the report was in Ibn Ishaq, while Alford T. Welch holds the report has not been presumably present in the Ibn Ishaq.

A Bridgett White was also the second wife of a Robert Wight ( 1578 – 1617 ) of Hareby, Lincolnshire, England whom he married on November 25, 1613 at Alford.

Another settlement was started by the Priddys, the J. Houstons, Cade Alford and the Carson family who extended the settlement along the creek to the junction of three forks.

* Former U. S. Representative Thomas Dale Alford was born in Pike County.

In 1960, he was a Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives, having been defeated by the incumbent Democrat Dale Alford of Little Rock.

It was named for Colonel John Alford of Charlestown, who was known for his work in preaching Christianity to Native Americans, and for sponsoring a theology professorship at Harvard College's Divinity School.

John Smith was baptised on 6 January 1580 at Willoughby near Alford, Lincolnshire, where his parents rented a farm from Lord Willoughby.

Among them was 15-year-old Donnie Wahlberg, who immediately impressed Starr and Alford with his rapping skills, dancing ability and showmanship, becoming the group's first member.

In 1989, an arts and humanities building was built directly across Alford Road, near the college's other arts buildings.

In the 1990s, former Duran Duran drummer Sterling Campbell joined the band, but left in 2000 to tour with David Bowie and was replaced that year by Zachary Alford, who had recorded and toured with the band during the Cosmic Thing era.

According to Alford Welch, the Jewish practice of having three daily prayer rituals appears to have been a factor in the introduction of the Islamic midday prayer but that Muhammad's adoption of facing north towards Qiblah ( position of Jerusalem-Islam's first Qiblah or direction of prayer, and now present Qiblah towards Kabah in Makkah ) when performing the daily prayers however was also practiced among other groups in Arabia.

Imprisoned in the state prison in Laramie, Wyoming, he served 18 months of a two-year sentence and was released in January 1896, having promised Governor William Alford Richards that he would not again offend in that state in return for a partial remission of his sentence.

Henry Alford ( 7 October 1810 – 12 January 1871 ) was an English churchman, theologian, textual critic, scholar, poet, hymnodist, and writer.

Alford was born in London, of a Somerset family, which had given five consecutive generations of clergymen to the Anglican church.

Alford was a talented artist, as his picture-book, The Riviera ( 1870 ), shows, and he had abundant musical and mechanical talent.

Students in Egremont, Alford and Mount Washington attend the Egremont School for kindergarten and first grades, with second through sixth grades attending the Undermountain Elementary School in Sheffield, and Mount Everett Regional School in Sheffield for grades 7-12.

The Marburys lived in Alford for the first 15 % nbsp ; years of Anne's life, and with her father's strong commitment to learning, she received a better education than most contemporary girls, and also became intimately familiar with scripture and Christian tenets.

On 26 July 2011 a dog living on the Mt Alford property was reported to have HeV antibodies, the first time an animal other than a flying fox, horse, or human has tested positive outside an experimental situation.

It was built in 1830 to plans by millwright Edward Ingeldew ( who also built, among others, Wragby tower mill in 1831, Waltham Windmill in 1837, and the former Pickworth tower mill ) for her first owner and founder Michael Hare of red brick, the outer walls being tarred ( provided with a black bitumen paint in order to successfully keep moisture out ), as a five-sailed windmill ( very similar to Alford Windmill ) with Sutton's single patent sails ( 15 feet tip-width and 12 feet heel-width ) providing longitudinal shutters on both sides of the backs ( 36 feet in length ).

His many achievements included establishing the first Personnel Policy Board and retention task force ( the Alford Board ), and obtaining targeted personnel bonuses.

It was published in 1912 by Hawkes and Son of London, the first to bear the Alford sobriquet.

Alford was the first player to be named the team's MVP four times.

During his final three seasons, Alford earned first team all-Big Ten honors.

When Alford began coaching that team, the team had lost its first eight games.

During his first season there Alford won four of 20 games.

This was the first of three straight seasons that the Hawkeyes played in the NIT under Alford.

In 2004 they lost to St. Louis in the first round of the NIT to finish 16 – 13 despite a 9 – 7 conference record ( the first winning Big Ten Conference record under Alford ).

In his first year as the Lobos coach Alford posted a record of 24 – 9, 11 – 5 in league play.

In his second season, led by seniors Daniel Faris, Tony Danridge and Chad Toppert, Alford guided the Lobos to their first conference championship in 15 years.

Alford also set a record for most wins in the first two seasons for a UNM head coach.

The first Rough Cutt lineup featured vocalist Paul Shortino, drummer Dave Alford, guitarist Jake E. Lee, keyboardist Claude Schnell, and bassist Joey Cristofanilli.

In 1977, history professor Terry Alford documented the life of Ibn Sori in Prince Among Slaves, the first full account of his life, pieced together from first-person accounts and historical documents.

" Webster's New World Law Dictionary defines Alford plea as: " A guilty plea entered as part of a plea bargain by a criminal defendant who denies committing the crime or who does not actually admit his guilt.

The Green River, a tributary of the Housatonic River, flows through the southwest corner of town, and the Alford Brook flows through the central part of town, eventually flowing into the Green River in neighboring Great Barrington.

On the national level, Alford is represented in the United States House of Representatives as part of Massachusetts's 1st congressional district, and has been represented by John Olver of Amherst since June 1991.

Route 71, which carries part of the Knox Trail, also passes through the town, from Alford to the north to Great Barrington to the east.

Then, in 1931, the Reverend Alford, vicar of Marshfield, heard his gardener mumbling the words ' Room, room, a gallant room, I say ' and discovered that this line was part of a mummers ' play.

Alford appeared in three productions with Birmingham's Town and Gown Civic Theatre, whose director called up Alford's mother to see if her son was interested in auditioning for the part of Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird.

* 1842-Henry Alford, The consistency of the Divine conduct in revealing of the doctrines of redemption: part the second

Western Aberdeenshire was defined by the 1868 legislation as consisting of the parishes of Aboyne and Glentanner, Alford, Auchindoir and Kearn, Auchterless, Birse, Chapel of Garioch, Clatt, Cluny, Coull, Crathie and Braemar, Culsalmond, Drumblade, Dyce, Echt, Forgue, Glenbucket, Glenmuick, Tullich and Glengairn, Huntly, Insch, Inverurie, Keig, Kemnay, Kildrummy, Kincardine O ' Neil, Kinnellar, Kennethmont, Kintore, Leochel-Cushnie, Leslie, Logie-Coldstone, Lumphanan, Midmar, Monymusk, Newhills, Oyne, Peterculter, Premnay, Rayne, Rhynie, Skene, Strathdon, Tarland and Migvie, Tough, Towie, Tullynesle and Forbes, together with the part of the parish of Old Machar lying west of the River Don, and the parts of the parishes of Banchory-Devenick, Cabrach, Cairnie, Drumoak and Glass within the County of Aberdeen, and the parish of Gartly in Banffshire.