HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A former University of Alabama in Huntsville professor is scheduled for her first court appearance on charges of shooting six colleagues, three fatally, during a February faculty meeting.
Amy Bishop, fired as a biology professor at the school, appeared before District Judge Ruth Ann Hall on Tuesday.
Last week Hall issued a gag order on attorneys for both the prosecution and defense as well as law enforcement personnel, barring them from talking to the media.
Hall says the order will ensure Bishop will have a fair trial.
Bishop is charged with capital murder in the deaths of three professors gunned down during a biology faculty meeting on Feb. 12.