Post-Conviction Relief in Georgia: A Closer Look
The game doesn’t always end when the final horn blows. In 2011, because of massive rules violations, the NCAA stripped USC of its 2004 BCS national title. Standout tailback Reggie Bush also relinquished his Heisman trophy after the NCAA threatened to take it back. Allegedly, a sports company gave Bush and his family over $280,000 […]
What You Need to Know About Bond Forfeiture in Cobb County
During the coronavirus pandemic, for public safety reasons, many advocates called on local jails to release most inmates. That didn’t happen, although jail populations did drop, mostly because of decreased police activity. If a global pandemic doesn’t open cell doors on a widespread basis, nothing will. So, the current system, which mostly relies on secured […]
Raise the Age: A Closer Look
A proposal to revise the minimum mandatory age for adult criminal prosecutions is slowly making its way through the Georgia statehouse. House Bill 462 would bring the Peachtree State in line with almost every other state. This provision would eliminate the conclusive presumption that 17-year-old offenders must be tried as adults. During legislative hearings, Republican […]
Officials Step Up Anti-Gang Activity in Georgia
Currently, the people who work in a nondescript Macon building monitor vehicle traffic in the area. Soon, they will monitor gang criminal activity instead. “Anywhere there is the ability to make money, criminal street gangs are going to have a hand in it,” said Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Ken Howard. “You’re going to […]
What Can You Do to Trick a Breathalyzer?
You may have heard “if you’ve been drinkin’ then suck on Lincoln.” This Breathalyzer trick is partially true. Copper reacts with ethanol and skews Breathalyzer results. Back in the day, a penny was mostly copper, so until the 80s or even the 90s, this trick often worked. But in 1982, the U.S. mint changed the […]
Troup County Teenager Faces Murder Charges
Shortly after investigators obtained an arrest warrant, a 13-year-old child, with the help of his family, surrendered to LaGrange police. The warrant stated that he will be charged as an adult. The fatal shooting occurred near the intersection of Colquitt and McGregor in LaGrange. A little over a week after the shooting, Mike Meredith, with […]
Deadly Head-On Crash in Newton County
Few details were available after a head-on crash in rural Newton County killed five people, all of whom were in the same vehicle. The vehicles collided on Highway 142 at Adams Circle in Newton County, about 40 miles east of Atlanta, according to Newton County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jack Redlinger. The driver of the second […]
South Georgia Sex Offender Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Term
A 50-year-old man will spend the next seven years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Police began questioning the man after he tried to take a picture of a teenage girl as she worked at a restaurant. He gave investigators consent to search his phone, where they found multiple […]
Defending Assault Cases in Marietta GA
Beginning in the early 1990s, the aggravated assault arrest rate began dropping nationwide. Then, the arrest rate leveled off in the early 2010s. Coronavirus lockdowns in 2020 accelerated a trend of rising assault arrest rates in Marietta, GA. Lots of people felt lots of pressure in 2020, and normal outlets, like the corner bar, were […]
Defending the Five Most Common Probation Violations in Cobb County
Almost all defendants get probation in Georgia. The Peachtree State has the highest misdemeanor and felony probation population in the country. Nationwide, one in fifty people are under community supervision. In Georgia, that ratio is one in twenty-five people. All of these people break at least one rule at least once. That’s especially true since […]
