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March 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Readies to Resume Executions After a 4-Year Pause Brought by COVID and a Legal Agreement

In April 2021, the state attorney general's office entered into an agreementto suspend executions for certain prisoners and to establish conditions under which they could resume.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

6 minute read

March 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Lawyer Behind Effort to Remove Fani Willis Testifies Before State Lawmakers

Answering questions under oath for 3½ hours Wednesday, attorney Ashleigh Merchant ended up retreading much of the ground that had been covered in court. Unencumbered by objections from prosecutors and the frustrations of questioning a reluctant witness, she recounted how her investigation unfolded and the evidence she had gathered.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

6 minute read

March 01, 2024 | Daily Report Online

With Salacious Testimony Finished, McAfee Set to Hear Legal Arguments Over Fulton DA's Future in Trump Case

A relationship between the DA and a special prosecutor was first exposed in a motion filed by an attorney for a co-defendant in a sweeping case against former President Donald Trump that sought to have the indictment dismissed and to bar the DA and special prosecutor and their offices from continuing to prosecute the case.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

5 minute read

February 29, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Sets Execution Date for Man Who Killed Ex-Girlfriend 30 Years Ago

The condemned man would the first person executed in Georgia since January 2020. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, executions were effectively halted for a certain group of people on Georgia's death row by an agreement between their attorneys and the state.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

3 minute read

February 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Cellphone Data Cited in Court Filing Raises Questions About Testimony on Fulton DA's Relationship

Location data—disclosed in a court filing by former President Donald Trump's attorneys—shows prosecutor Nathan Wade had visited the neighborhood south of Atlanta where DA Fani Willis lived at least 35 times during the first 11 months of 2021, an investigator said. Wade had testified that he had been there fewer than 10 times before he was hired as special prosecutor in November 2021.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

4 minute read

February 02, 2024 | Daily Report Online

UPDATED: Court Filing Discloses 'Personal Relationship' Between Fulton DA and Prosecutor Hired in Trump Case

Friday's filing came in response to a motion filed last month by a defense attorney who alleged that the district attorney and the special prosecutor were in an inappropriate romantic relationship that created a conflict of interest.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

7 minute read

January 31, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia DA Prosecuting Trump Has Been Subpoenaed Over Claims of Improper Relationship

Also, a lawsuit, filed Tuesday accusing the DA's office of failing to comply with the Georgia Open Records Act, alleging the offices appears "to be intentionally withholding information" that lawyers have requested.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

4 minute read

January 25, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Trump Accuses Fulton DA of Inappropriately Injecting Race Into Georgia Election Case

Defense attorneys Steve Sadow and Jennifer Little filed a motion Thursday joining an earlier effort by co-defendant Michael Roman to have Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, special prosecutor Nathan Wade and their offices thrown off the case.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

4 minute read

January 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Fulton DA Accuses Special Prosecutor's Estranged Wife of 'Interfering' With Trump Election Case

A lawyer for the DA wrote in a filing Thursday that lawyers for a special prosecutor's wife served a subpoena to the district attorney last week.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

5 minute read

January 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Judge Sets Hearing on Misconduct Allegations Against Fulton DA in Trump Election Case

The defense attorney who represents former Trump campaign staffer and onetime White House aide Michael Roman, made the allegations in a motion filed last week seeking to have the indictment thrown out and to have the DA and another attorney removed from the case.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

4 minute read


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