Coverage dated October 26, 2026 to October 27, 2026

Judge sentences Brian Martin to death for murder of Sheffield police officer

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Five years after the murder, the man convicted of killing Sheffield Police Sgt. Nick Risner has been sentenced.

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WHNT
Judge sentences Brian Martin to death for murder of Sheffield police officer (opens WHNT)
Published Oct 26, 2026
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Five years after the murder, the man convicted of killing Sheffield Police Sgt. Nick Risner has been sentenced.
Yellowhammer News
Brian Martin sentenced to death in killing that prompted Alabama’s Nick Risner Act (opens Yellowhammer News)
Published Oct 27, 2026
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Brian Lansing Martin was sentenced to death Monday for killing Sheffield Police Sgt. Nick Risner, whose death prompted Alabama lawmakers to restrict early-release credits for inmates convicted of killing someone with a deadly weapon. A Colbert County judge formally imposed the sentence Oct.