The Associated Press

The Associated Press

September 23, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court Takes 'Naked Ballots' Case Over Pennsylvania Mail-In Voting

It could determine the fate of thousands of votes that could otherwise be canceled in the Nov. 5 election, when Pennsylvania is considered a critical state in the presidential contest.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

3 minute read

September 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Prosecutors Drop All 15 Counts of Money Laundering Against 3 'Cop City' Activists

At the center of the case is the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which has provided bail money and helped find attorneys for arrested protesters of the city of Atlanta's proposed police and fire training center.

By R.J. Rico | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz Will Count in Georgia for Now

Georgia is one of several states where Democrats and allied groups have filed challenges to third-party and independent candidates.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

3 minute read

September 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Arbery's Family Still Waiting for Ex-Prosecutor's Misconduct Trial After 3 Years

District attorneys "have a huge amount of discretion to make decisions about what cases to pursue," criminal defense attorney Don Samuel said. "The notion that we're going to start prosecuting DAs for prosecuting or not prosecuting strikes me as really being on the edge of propriety."

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

6 minute read

September 14, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga.'s Lt. Governor Won't Be Charged in 2020 Election Interference Case

Jones was one of 16 state Republicans who met at the Georgia Capitol in December 2020 to sign a certificate stating that Trump had won Georgia and declaring themselves the state's "duly elected and qualified" electors even though Democrat Joe Biden had been declared the state's winner.

By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Willis Skips Ga. Senate Hearing While Challenging Subpoena

The Republican-led committee was formed to look into allegations of "misconduct" against the elected Democrat, with regard to her prosecution of former President Donald Trump and others over their efforts to overturn the 2020 election loss in Georgia.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Forced to Choose How to Die, S.C. Inmate Lets Lawyer Pick Lethal Injection

Still undecided by the state Supreme Court is a request by the man to postpone his death so his lawyers can argue his co-defendant lied about having a deal to avoid the death penalty or a life sentence in exchange for testifying that he pulled the trigger to kill a clerk after she struggled to open the safe in a store they were robbing in 1997.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Teen Charged in Barrow School Shooting and His Father to Stay in Custody After Hearings

The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a Georgia high school and his father will stay in custody after back-to-back court hearings Friday morning where their lawyers declined to seek bail.

By Jeff Amy and Jeff Martin | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 05, 2024 | The Recorder

Federal Judge Asked to Give Preliminary OK to $2.78 Billion Settlement of NCAA Antitrust Claims

The deal calls for the NCAA to foot the bill for nearly $3 billion in damages paid to former and current college athletes who were denied the right to earn money off their name, image and likeness, dating to 2016.

By Ralph D. Russo/The Associated Press

3 minute read

September 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Voters Can Cast a Provisional Ballot if Their Mail Ballot Is Rejected, Court Says

The three-member panel ruled that nothing in state law prevented Republican-controlled Butler County from counting two voters' provisional ballots in the April 23 primary election, even if state law is ambiguous.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

3 minute read