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Katheryn Tucker

Katheryn Tucker

May 14, 2019 | Daily Report Online

SPLC Launches Voting Rights Practice Group

SPLC Deputy Legal Director Nancy Abudu will lead the new Voting Rights Practice Group. She testified about voter suppression at a field hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration in Birmingham, Alabama.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

May 10, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Judge Won't Move Detained Immigrants' Access-to-Counsel Case to Georgia

“For decades, the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and their officials ... have deliberately detained people in immigration prisons far away from legal resources,” the Southern Poverty Law Center alleged.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

May 09, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Eastern District of Pa. Latest to Launch Program to Boost Jury Diversity

“We live in a society in which the government cannot deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without consulting the citizens, setting us apart from countries around the world,” said Chief Judge Juan R. Sánchez. "Trust in the court system is dependent on jury diversity."

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

May 09, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Lloyd Bell Joins 'Inner Circle' for Plaintiffs Counsel

"Most of the trial advocacy books in my office are authored by Inner Circle members,” Lloyd Bell said. “It is truly an honor to join their ranks.”

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

May 08, 2019 | Daily Report Online

How a Catholic AG Brought Prosecutors and Priests to the Table Over Issue of Child Sex Abuse

“As Attorney General of Georgia and a Roman Catholic myself, I remain concerned and angered by reports of abuse in the Catholic Church,” Chris Carr said. “Georgians—Catholic and Non-Catholic alike—need to be certain that reports of abuse anywhere and by anyone are taken seriously and handled properly.”

By Katheryn Tucker

6 minute read

May 08, 2019 | Litigation Daily

How Georgia's Catholic AG Brought Prosecutors and Priests to the Table Over Issue of Child Sex Abuse

“As Attorney General of Georgia and a Roman Catholic myself, I remain concerned and angered by reports of abuse in the Catholic Church,” Chris Carr said. “Georgians—Catholic and Non-Catholic alike—need to be certain that reports of abuse anywhere and by anyone are taken seriously and handled properly.”

By Katheryn Tucker

6 minute read

May 08, 2019 | Daily Report Online

AGs Urge FCC to Block Robocalls

“The new rules will enable the Commission's Enforcement Bureau to combat caller ID spoofing activities originating outside the United States to recipients within the United States, as well as caller ID spoofing using alternative voice and text messaging services,” the AGs said.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

May 07, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Court Battle Looms as Kemp Signs Abortion Bill

"Today's women can only thrive in a state that protects their most basic rights—the right to choose when and whether to start or expand a family. Georgia can't afford to go backwards on women's health and rights," ACLU Georgia Executive Director Andrea Young said. "We will act to block this assault on women's health, rights, and self-determination."

By Katheryn Tucker

5 minute read

May 03, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Grim Findings Mix With Hope in UGA Law Clinic's Child Sex Abuse Report

“The way you get to the truth is when you have both sides heard and heard fully. We want to educate everyone,” said Jean Mangan, staff attorney at the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic at the University of Georgia law school. “The bigger goal is for the abuse to stop.”

By Katheryn Tucker

7 minute read

May 02, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Judicial Nominating Commission Sends Kemp 3 Shortlists

Nominees are now on Gov. Brian Kemp's desk to fill vacancies in the Coweta, Macon and Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Courts. They could become some of the governor's first judicial appointments since taking office in January.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read