The Associated Press

August 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The complaint was the first court challenge over a 2022 congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year's elections, a move that critics claimed was done to dilute the power of Black voters and other communities of color in one of the state's few Democratic strongholds.

By Kimberlee Kruesi | The Associated Press

4 minute read

August 22, 2024 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge is being asked to block the state from using the same nitrogen protocol that the state used in January to execute Kenneth Smith. The court filing cited witness descriptions of the execution and the findings of an autopsy conducted on Smith.

By The Associated Press

4 minute read

August 21, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kennedy showed up an hour and 40 minutes late, blaming a canceled flight from Boston to Philadelphia the previous night, and never testified after Commonwealth Court Judge Lori Dumas chose to proceed without him as a witness.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

5 minute read

August 21, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The Alabama attorney general office wrote in a Friday court filing that the new law cannot be used to block people from voting in the upcoming election, because the Alabama Constitution prohibits new election laws from taking effect within six months of the general election.

By The Associated Press

3 minute read

August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Democratic Party-aligned challengers say Kennedy's candidacy paperwork states a false home address and contains other damning shortcomings, such as the wrong names of people who supposedly attested that they gathered the signatures of thousands of voters.

By Marc Levy, The Associated Press

3 minute read

August 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

In New York on Monday, a trial opened in suburban Long Island in another lawsuit challenging Kennedy's place on the state's presidential ballot in November. In Georgia, challengers argue that, because Kennedy used the New York address, his petitions should be voided.

By Jeff Amy and Charlotte Kramon | The Associated Press

5 minute read

August 15, 2024 | Daily Report Online

In January, the state performed the nation's first nitrogen gas execution. A second one using the protocol is set for Sept. 26 for a man who recently reached a lawsuit settlement with the state over the execution method.

By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press

4 minute read

August 15, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that officials have verified that independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz of the Party for Socialism and Liberation each collected more than the 7,500 signatures needed to qualify.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

3 minute read

August 14, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear the disgraced attorney's appeal of his murder convictions. His lawyers said they resulted from jury-tampering by the clerk of court who watched over jurors during his six-week trial.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

5 minute read

August 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The DA's team notched some early victories in the case, but explosive allegations raised by one of Trump's co-defendants early this year have caused a delay and could even derail the prosecution.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

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