Associated Press

March 29, 2024 | Daily Report Online

On the last day of the 2024 General Assembly, Georgia's lawmakers worked past midnight to complete their session.

By The Associated Press

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March 28, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Attorneys for the South Carolina attorney who was convicted of murder made the request in a court filing Thursday after federal prosecutors asked a judge earlier this week to keep the statements secret. They argued that Murdaugh wasn't telling the truth and that his plea deal on theft and other charges should be thrown out at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Monday.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

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March 28, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The former president's lawyers made First Amendment arguments, while a former Georgia GOP chairman and lawmaker sought to remove three phrases from his indictment.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

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March 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Attorneys for the man had asked the Alabama Supreme Court to deny the execution date request while they pursue a pending claim of prosecutorial misconduct in the case. The state, which carried out the nation's first execution by nitrogen gas earlier this year, says it plans to put him to death by lethal injection.

By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press

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March 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Prosecutors want a judge to revoke their end of a plea deal with the convicted attorney on theft and other charges and order him to the maximum of well over 100 years in prison when he is sentenced in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

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March 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

A panel heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that followed a national outcry over the Black man's killing. The appellants' lawyers argued that evidence of past racist comments they made didn't prove a racist intent to harm.

By Kate Brumback and Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

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March 25, 2024 | Daily Report Online

South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigations into allegations of jury tampering and misuse of office are active and ongoing, a spokesperson said Monday.

By The Associated Press

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March 21, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Pye's lawyers filed late appeals urging the U.S. Supreme Court to step in, but the justices unanimously rejected to stop the execution.

By Jeff Martin | The Associated Press

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March 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The planned lethal injection of pentobarbital is set for 7 p.m. at the state prison in Jackson. In their request for clemency, the condemned man's lawyers called his trial "a shocking relic of the past" and said the local public defender system had severe shortcomings in the 1990s.

By The Associated Press

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March 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The Fulton County Superior Court judge has granted a request by defense attorneys seeking permission to ask the Georgia Court of Appeals to review his decision to allow the district attorney to remain on the case.

By Alanna Durkin Richer and Sudhin Thanawala | The Associated Press

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