Jeff Amy

May 09, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The law parallels pushes to remove prosecutors in Florida, Indiana, Missouri and Pennsylvania, as well as broader disputes nationwide over how certain criminal offenses should be charged.

By Jeff Amy

4 minute read

May 08, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Brian Kemp signed the measure establishing the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, which will launch July 1 and start accepting complaints Oct. 1. "I am not going to stand idly by as rogue or incompetent prosecutors refuse to uphold the law," he said.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

5 minute read

May 04, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Senate Bill 222, which threatens local officials who violate the law with felony charges, still allows contributions to the state or federal government. It took effect upon the governor's signature.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

2 minute read

April 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online

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 05, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers for the group on Tuesday asked U.S. District Judge Steven Grimberg to start the process for drawing maps, even though there's an ongoing appeal of his ruling that the current system of at-large statewide elections illegally dilutes Black votes.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

3 minute read

March 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"This measure establishes Georgia as a state that won't accept the soft-on-crime policies that we've seen in places like New York, California, Illinois, or catch-and-release," said Rep. Houston Gaines, an Athens Republican.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

March 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The motion by former President Donald Trump's legal team also seeks to toss out all testimony from the inquiry and to bar Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from continuing to investigate or prosecute Trump.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

3 minute read

March 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has decried the measure, claiming it's a racist attack after voters elected 14 nonwhite district attorneys in Georgia in 2020.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

7 minute read

March 23, 2023 | Daily Report Online

House Speaker Jon Burns, a Newington Republican, has made further changes to mental health a top priority, a year after then-Speaker David Ralston pushed through an overhaul in the last session before he died.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

March 23, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The bill would adopt a definition by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, which defines antisemitism as a "perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews" and can have both "rhetorical and physical manifestations."

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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