Kate Brumback

January 15, 2013 | Daily Report Online

As Georgia state lawmakers tackle juvenile justice reform this year, they are also expected to expand on last year's overhaul of the adult criminal justice system.

By Kate Brumback

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October 23, 2012 | Daily Report Online

A grand jury has indicted a Georgia couple accused of confining their teenage son to a bedroom for years with little food.

By Kate Brumback

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November 16, 2011 | Daily Report Online

ATLANTA AP - A Democratic state senator said Tuesday Georgia legislators need to focus on pressing federal lawmakers to tackle immigration reform rather than passing more state-level measures or toughening the state's new law."The goal shouldn't be to make this law stricter," Sen. Curt Thompson of Tucker said.

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August 24, 2010 | Daily Report Online

ATLANTA AP - A 23-year-old man filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday, claiming two Cobb County police officers broke his nose during an unlawful arrest earlier this year.In the lawsuit, Angel Francisco Castro Torres said officers Jeremiah M. Lignitz and Brian J. Walraven beat him after they stopped him as he was riding his bike in March.

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March 25, 2010 | Daily Report Online

ATLANTA AP - Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue said Thursday he plans to appoint a special attorney general to sue the federal government over a new federal health care reform law.Speaking at a news conference Thursday, the Republican governor said he plans to assemble a team of pro bono lawyers to file the suit after Attorney General Thurbert Baker, a Democrat, declined Perdue's request to sue.

By KATE BRUMBACK

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June 08, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Civil liberties groups urged a federal judge Wednesday to immediately block Georgia's crackdown on illegal immigration from taking effect until a legal challenge is resolved.A class-action lawsuit they filed last week claims the crackdown violates state and federal law and asks a judge to declare the law unconstitutional and to keep authorities from enforcing it.

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April 04, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A group that focuses on fighting human rights violations against inmates on Thursday sued the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections, saying the agency is violating the state's open records law.

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February 22, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A 38-year-old inmate who was convicted of killing two college students after confessing to his FBI agent father was executed in Georgia on Thursday, apologizing to the families of both victims before being injected at a state prison.

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August 12, 2009 | Daily Report Online

ATLANTA AP - Georgia has asked the Justice Department to reconsider its rejection of the state's system of using Social Security numbers and driver's license data to check whether prospective voters are citizens, Secretary of State Karen Handel announced Wednesday."I do not believe there is anything discriminatory in verifying voter information and citizenship," Handel said in a statement.

By KATE BRUMBACK

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September 03, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BRUNSWICK, Ga. AP - A Georgia man who reported "My whole family's dead" in a frantic 911 call, then was arrested on charges of evidence tampering, lying to police and drug possession, was granted bond Wednesday in his first court appearance.Guy Heinze Jr., 22, was taken into custody hours after police Saturday found the bodies of seven people inside the family's mobile home.

By KATE BRUMBACK

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