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Associated Press

April 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Kemp Signs Bill to Create Cold Case Unit

The legislation provides $5.4 million to create the unit. It also requires law enforcement across the state to provide an accurate count of unsolved homicide cases to the GBI and to allow families to receive timely death certificates in those cases.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

April 28, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Gillum Trial: Official Says Public Relations Firm Was Active in Campaign

Former Tallahassee mayor and 2018 gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum and P&P Communications owner Sharon Lettman-Hicks are charged with illegally soliciting campaign donations and routing them to their own accounts.

By Associated Press

4 minute read

April 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Kemp Signs Bill Stiffening Georgia Gang Penalties

Senate Bill 44 adds a mandatory five years to prison sentences for anyone convicted of a gang crime and 10 years for anyone convicted of recruiting minors into a gang.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

3 minute read

April 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Native Alton Maddox Jr., Lawyer in Brawley Hoax Case, Dead at 77

Maddox was born in Inkster, Michigan, and grew up in Newnan, Georgia. He attended Howard University and received a law degree at Boston College. Maddox moved to New York City in the early 1980s.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

April 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Dominion Defamation Suit Produced Trove of Carlson Messages

The lawsuit still revealed plenty of what Fox personalities had been saying about the bogus election claims, including Tucker Carlson, the network's top-rated host who was let go Monday.

By The Associated Press

7 minute read

April 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

DA to Decide on Georgia Election Probe Charges in Summer

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wrote in a letter to county Sheriff Pat Labat that she expects to announce the decisions sometime between July 11 and Sept. 1. She said she wanted to give Labat time to coordinate with local, state and federal agencies "to ensure that our law enforcement community is ready to protect the public."

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

4 minute read

April 24, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Georgia City Suspends 6-Member Police Drug Unit Amid Inquiry

Houston County District Attorney William Kendall told local news outlets Monday that he began investigating after he was told of the unspecified allegations against Warner Robins officers on April 11, getting assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

April 24, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Former Georgia Political Candidate Arrested for Kidnapping

The Muscogee County Sheriff's Office announced Saturday that deputies, along with U.S. Marshals, had arrested Zephaniah Dwayne Baker on warrants issued in suburban Atlanta's Cobb County.

By The Associated Press

1 minute read

April 24, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Gov. Shapiro's Proposed Tax Break Gets Criticism

A top Republican state lawmaker is giving a withering assessment of a key element of Gov. Josh Shapiro's budget proposal, suggesting April 17 that the Democrat's tax incentive to attract more people into Pennsylvania's ranks of police officers, nurses and teachers will not pass the GOP-controlled Senate.

By The Associated Press

3 minute read

April 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Family Wants Federal Investigation After Man's Death in Jail

"What you're looking at, I think, is not just a deplorable jail cell, but this is a crime scene. This is criminal," attorney Ben Crump, who represents Lashawn Thompson's family, said as he held up a photo of Thompson's dirty, trash-strewn cell during a news conference and rally Thursday in front of the jail.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

4 minute read