July 25, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Judge Won't Block Ga. Prosecutor Disciplinary Body That Democrats Fear Is Aimed at Fulton DAFulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker on Tuesday rejected the request for an injunction against Georgia's Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, which Republican lawmakers revived this year after creating it in 2023.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press
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July 24, 2024 | Daily Business Review
Florida Coach Billy Napier and Two Co-Defendants Ask Court to Dismiss Jaden Rashada lawsuitFlorida coach Billy Napier and two co-defendants on Tuesday filed motions to dismiss quarterback Jaden Rashada's lawsuit regarding a failed name,…
By MARK LONG | The Associated Press
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July 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Judge Approves Referendum Sought by Slave Descendants to Challenge Rezoning of Sapelo Island CommunityThe McIntosh County Probate Court judge said in his written order that local election officials verified that referendum organizers had collected more than 1,800 petition signatures from the registered county voters
By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press
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July 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online
National Bail Fund Returns to Ga. After Judge Says Limits Were ArbitraryLast month, the nonprofit Bail Project said it would no longer be able to help people post bond in Georgia because of a new Republican-backed law limiting people and organizations from posting more than three cash bonds in a year unless they meet extensive requirements to become bail bond companies.
By R.J. Rico | The Associated Press
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July 19, 2024 | Daily Report Online
New Fulton Judge Sets Ground Rules for Long-Running Gang, Racketeering Case Against Rapper Young ThugThe new judge presiding over the prosecution of the rapper and several other defendants says she plans to move forward expeditiously with the trial.
By The Associated Press
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July 19, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Ga. Man Arraigned on Charges of Threatening FBI Director, Authorities SayThe U.S. attorney in Atlanta announced the man was indicted by a grand jury on charges that he threatened in internet messages to "assault, kidnap and murder" FBI Director Christopher Wray.
By Jeff Martin | The Associated Press
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July 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Ala. Executes Man for Fatal Shooting of Delivery Driver During 1998 Robbery AttemptIt was the state's third execution this year and the 10th in the nation, joining others in Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and Missouri.
By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press
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July 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Ga. Death Row Inmate Says Prosecutor Hid Plea Deal With Key Witness, Tainting His TrialHoping for a new trial, lawyers for the condemned man say they have evidence that the assistant district attorney who prosecuted the case made a previously undisclosed deal with the only eyewitness to the crime.
By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press
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July 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Federal Lawsuit Alleges Delayed Elections for Ga. PSC Are UnconstitutionalGeorgia lawmakers this year added an extra two years to the current terms of commissioners on the all-Republican body. Each will eventually revert to six-year terms.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press
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July 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Ga. Court of Appeals Won't Hear Arguments on Fani Willis' Role in Georgia Trump Case Until After ElectionThe appeal is to be decided by a three-judge panel of the intermediate appeals court, which will then have until mid-March to rule.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
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