The Georgia General Assembly has just 10 legislative days left to decide the fate of efforts to modernize the state’s rules of evidence, shift powers in the indigent defense system, allow prosecutors to appeal retrials for convicted defendants, expand the state’s mental health court system and overhaul the compilation of eligible juror lists.
But bills to rewrite open government laws, ban the use of Sharia and other forms of foreign law, prohibit recognizance bonds for certain offenders and criminalize Internet libel have died. None garnered the support needed to be approved by either the House of Representatives or the Senate by the 30th day, known as Crossover Day, which fell on Wednesday.
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