Jonathan Ringel

Jonathan Ringel is managing editor of the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @jonathanringel

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September 01, 1999 | Law.com

Killer's Ineffective Counsel Try Rejected

Despite the efforts of a pro bono group from Atlanta's Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an ineffective counsel claim on behalf of a man sentenced to death after his conviction on murder and rape charges. A split three-judge panel ruled Alexander E. Williams IV should have told his attorney of beatings he suffered as a child and that the attorney was not remiss in his failure to present evidence of the mitigating abuse during the sentencing hearing.

By Jonathan Ringel

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January 25, 2000 | Law.com

Insiders Mum, Cryptic Over Georgia Judge's Dropped Bid

Reaction to Judge Gail S. Tusan's decision to end her quest for a federal judgeship ranged from sympathetic understanding to a cryptic jab from the Senate Judiciary Committee. Tusan announced she was pulling out because it was "unlikely" the Senate would confirm her before April when she would have to qualify for re-election to the Fulton County, Ga. Superior Court bench.

By Jonathan Ringel

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