Russ Bynum

September 29, 2011 | Daily Report Online

RUSS BYNUMThe Associated PressWhen Georgia executed Troy Davis last week after four years of appeals, thousands still protested that Davis' guilt remained uncertain because witnesses who identified him as a police officer's killer in 1989 simply couldn't be trusted.The issue raised in Davis' case is getting harder to ignore.

By Russ Bynum

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April 18, 2012 | Daily Report Online

By Russ Bynum

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March 15, 2012 | Daily Report Online

BRUNSWICK, Ga. AP - Environmentalists asked a federal judge Thursday to decide whether the Navy must halt plans to build a $100 million offshore training range because of potential threats to endangered right whales.The Navy wants to install an undersea array of cables and sensors for training warships, submarines and aircraft about 50 miles off the Atlantic coast of southern Georgia and northern Florida.

By Russ Bynum

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July 25, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SAVANNAH, Ga. AP - Federal officials proposed more than $8.7 million in fines Friday against Imperial Sugar Co. for violations at a Georgia plant where an explosion this year killed 13 people and at another plant in Louisiana.The fines would be the third-highest in the history of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and include $5 million for the explosion near Savannah and $3.

By RUSS BYNUM

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July 16, 2007 | Law.com

A 74-year-old judge died July 9 from head injuries he suffered during a severe beating two weeks ago at his law office in Georgia. Glenn Thomas Jr. was a Recorders Court judge and attorney who served 30 years as district attorney for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit. Authorities say murder charges will be filed against Bobby Rex Stribling. Stribling was released from prison in 2004 after serving eight years for burglary, theft and other charges prosecuted by Thomas' office during his last year as DA.

By Russ Bynum

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July 08, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Kate Brumback and Russ Bynum

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August 14, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

A southern Georgia court clerk has pleaded guilty to federal charges of making $73,286 in illegal payments to himself and other county employees on orders from a judge.

By Russ Bynum

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October 22, 2001 | Law.com

Some of those on Georgia prosecutor Kelly Burke's list of 62 criminals have served jail time. Many have not. But he proudly puts them all under one heading: "BANNED." Legalized exile is largely considered an anachronism, a pseudo-solution that merely makes one jurisdiction's convict somebody else's problem. Still, banishment persists in Georgia and Kentucky and possibly other states -- legal scholars don't keep track.

By Russ Bynum

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