Everett Catts

September 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

To mark the occasion, the firm hosted a party at both Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves, and the nearby Omni Hotel at The Battery Atlanta.

By Everett Catts

2 minute read

September 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Floyd County judge dismissed the case at the request of the district attorney, who decided not to bring Joey Watkins to trial again after his initial conviction was vacated. The Georgia Innocence Project and other attorneys waged a lengthy fight to overturn the conviction.

By The Associated Press

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September 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Abdul-Ghani's mother, Hakima Ramzi, recounted her love and devotion to a cheerful son who lived with severe developmental disabilities and frequent seizures—and her shock when husband, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, and his sibling accused her of casting spells on the boy.

By Morgan Lee | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Moultrie Observer reports the proposal was made Tuesday to Colquitt County commissioners to use the former Riverside Manufacturing uniform factory, which closed in 2014. Commissioners didn't act Tuesday, citing questions about the plan.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

September 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Fearless Fund is a tiny player in the approximately $200 billion global venture capital market, but Tuesday's ruling was a significant victory for the firm, which has become symbolic of the fight over corporate diversity policies.

By Sudhin Thanawala and Curlan Campbell | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The justices, without any noted dissent, rejected the state's plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were turned down by a lower court. In refusing to intervene, the high court allowed a court-appointed special master's work to continue.

By Mark Sherman | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The boy, Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, was reported missing by his mother in Georgia in December 2017. Around that time, authorities say, the boy's father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, set out with relatives and a cache of guns on a car journey to rural Alabama and then to New Mexico to start over on a parcel of high-desert scrubland near a tiny, crossroads town.

By Morgan Lee | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The yearlong partnership means that the firm's lawyers and staff members will provide financial, legal and hands-on assistance throughout the coming 12 months.

By Everett Catts

2 minute read

September 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Federal courts across the country disagree about whether the word, as it is used in a bipartisan 2018 criminal justice overhaul, indeed means "and" or whether it means "or." Even an appellate panel that upheld a longer sentence called the structure of the provision "perplexing."

By Mark Sherman | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"I was confused and I was angry because I didn't know what was going on," Randal Quran Reid told The Associated Press of his stay in a Georgia jail. "They couldn't give me any information outside of, 'You've got to wait for Louisiana to come take you,' and there was no timeline on that."

By Sudhin Thanawala | The Associated Press

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