AG candidate Pamela Casey joins the Heart of Dixie Podcast

Blount County District Attorney and Republican candidate for Attorney General Pamela Casey recently joined the Heart of Dixie Podcast with cohosts Brandon Moseley and Harry Still III.

Casey was recently awarded the District Attorney of the Year award from the Alabama Association of District Attorneys.'

"I used to kid that that I would never get that award and then I got it," said Casey. "I think it just goes back to a lot of work we've put in in our office prosecuting child sex crimes and prosecuting those cases that a lot of times are a lot harder to prosecute than maybe some others." "I think that's just the work that we've done and was recognized by other DAs. I was very appreciative of that."

Casey has served as DA of Blout County for 15 years.

"I was 28 when I ran for office," said Casey. "I was actually in the attorney general's office working as a violent crimes and capital litigation. So, I did death penalty work prior to running. I actually ran against the sitting DA."

Casey was first elected in 2010, reelected in 2016, and then again in 2022.

"I'm in my third term as district attorney general here in Blank County," said Casey.

Casey recently won a straw poll held by the Alabama Federation of College Republicans at their state convention.

"There was a straw poll that came out, I guess, a few weeks ago that had us leading over 50%," said Casey. "I think that goes to as a testament. I've been out since January working hard. I'm always been a big grassroots campaigner even when I ran for DA."

On recent finance reports Casey is trailing her opponents: former Supreme Court associate Justice Jay Mitchell and Deputy Attorney General Catherine Green Robertson in money raised.

"We just need to remember that this office is not for sale," said Casey. "It should be an election, not an auction that goes to the highest bidder and those bidders being out of state interests. It should be the people of Alabama deciding who their attorney general should be." "We do not have a million dollars in the bank like maybe my opponents do; but we have more contributions than any other candidate other than Coach Tuberville in terms of actual everyday people, our workers, our law enforcement, our DAs, people who have given our campaign money in every congressional district in the state of Alabama," said Casey. "I think that just goes to show that money is not going to buy this election and that the AG's office is not for sale. The people of Alabama want a career prosecutor that can be their next top law enforcement official as the attorney general."

Part of what the attorney general does is represent the state of Alabama in its relations with the federal government. Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) has been supportive of the Trump Administration's agenda; but pushed back against what he felt were excesses by the Biden Administration.

"You know, you have got to be on the offense, or you got to be on the defense and have the ability just the work ethic to know what it is that needs to be done," said Casey.

Casey said that the AG's office will fight public corruption if she is elected.

"Let me say something about public corruption," said Casey. "I'm a prosecutor. That's what I've done my entire career. I've I have prosecuted mayors. I have prosecuted clerks in our community. I have prosecuted law enforcement officers. I actually have a law enforcement officer in prison right now on child sex crimes." "Regardless of who you are what you've done we're going to treat everybody the same if you broke the law then and the evidence is there then we're going to move forward with that and that would be what it would be at the attorney general's office. If a local DA cannot handle a case and they come to our office and ask us to handle it then that's something that we would do because that's something we're bound to do by the Alabama Constitution."

Casey was asked about handing over body cam footage in police involved shootings.

"So several times I've had situations where maybe there's body cam that there are people who want them," said Casey. "I have never had problem turning the body over cam over at the appropriate time." "While we may review them as prosecutors, they don't necessarily belong to the prosecutor's office in terms of it may be a part of my file. When we start talking about open records or being transparent, I think that comes back to what the legislature is going to do in terms of when that's going to be turned over. Now, grand jury, there are a lot of things that you say, well, we're protecting that and especially there are situations where we don't release autopsies until a grand injuries or the investigation's ongoing. I really think it's a case by case basis that you have to look at it for the public good. Sometimes, regardless of what you do, whether you turn it over, you don't turn it over, there's going to be people out there with ill intentions about how you handled it or whether you handled it." "First of all, we have to balance protecting our law enforcement and them doing their job and also protecting the public understanding and knowing what happened out on the road. We want to make sure that if we have a criminal case, we handle that appropriately."

"My standard policy for almost 15 years has been if you want something that's a part of my file and there's an ongoing civil uh litigation going on get the court to get a subpoena and then we'll go to the judge and he can put in place those things that he thinks needs to be in place to whether it's a protective order or not so that the people involved in the case can see it, but also protects other people that there needs to be a protective order. So I think that's a really wide range answer. I just think it also depends on whether a case has got criminal cases uh criminal charges potentially out there versus if there's not if there's a civil action being pushed or not. So I think there's just a lot of different ways to look at that body cam."

Casey said that DAs depend on the hard work of law enforcement.

"We prosecutors prosecute the law," said Casey. "At the end of the day, I can't do my job unless there is an investigative agency that moves forward with a case. I am not aware of any rogue DAs out there opening up investigations into people without some type of a complaint and or an a law enforcement officer an officer calling and saying, "Hey, I got this going on.""

Casey was asked if she would enforce the state law banning casinos and illegal gambling.

"We are going to enforce the law. as it's written as officers come in and that's my role as district attorney to do that and that would be my role as the attorney general to enforce those laws," said Casey. "Well, first of all, I would need the evidence. I'm not saying it's not happening." "If I'm the attorney general, we will enforce the law as written. And if the legislature wants to change the law, then they will move forward and change the law. I think so many people forget that at the end of the day that's who makes the law and they are representative of the people of the state of Alabama. Now do they always make the decisions people state of Alabama might make might make? I don't know. I don't think that's always the case, but I do think that it should be and they're what is in the best interest of the people of the state of Alabama, wehn they are doing and when they're passing and making laws."

"I really want the people of Alabama to just think about when you're getting ready to vote for your next attorney general," said Casey. "Your top law enforcement official, the person that represents the people of the state of Alabama and the state uh interest. You want an experienced prosecutor, a person who's been has spent their entire career uh working to protect our children, to protect our families, and making sure they're safe. I'm the only candidate in this race that has been a prosecutor and who has fought for our family, our children. I tell people when you go to bed at night, there's three things you want to know: Your kids are safe, your family's safe, and your business and your home are safe. And if you want a prosecutor that can do that, then I'm the person for you."

The Heart of Dixie Podcast is cohosted by Alabama Gazette Lead Reporter and Content Manager Brandon Moseley and Baldwin County attorney Harry Still III.

The Republican primary will be on May 19, 2026.

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