Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall was highly critical of Gov. Kay Ivey’s decision Friday to commute an Alabama inmate’s death sentence. In a Friday night statement, Marshall said Ivey’s decision belied the facts of Robin “Rocky” Myers' case.

Marshall, ever the political opportunist, instead chose to frame the governor’s decision as an affront to his authority rather than an act of conscience.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall responded to Governor Kay Ivey's decision to commute a death row inmate's sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.In a statement, Marshall said he was "astonished" and "bewildered" by Ivey’s decision in the case of Robin D.