Cops Charge Southwest Pilot with DUI
Local police arrested a Southwest Airlines pilot almost immediately before he flew from Savannah to Chicago on January 16, 2025. A TSA officer at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport contacted law enforcement after “encountering an individual in the crew screening lane who smelled of alcohol and appeared intoxicated.” The 52-year-old pilot was arrested by the airport […]
Trial Begins in Prosecutorial Misconduct Case
In January 2025, approximately two hundred people crowded into a Glyn County courtroom as jury selection began for the trial of former prosecutor Jackie Johnson. Jackie Johnson served as district attorney when Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was chased by three white men in pickup trucks and fatally shot on a residential street. Johnson’s […]
The Fifth Amendment Explained
To most people, the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution is the “you have the right to remain silent” amendment. This provision, which we examine below, may be the most important provision in this amendment. But the other four are right on its heels. Furthermore, the rights guarantees go well beyond the ability to keep one’s […]
Child Support Enforcement: What Every Parent Should Know
Past due child support is an issue that almost all divorced families deal with. Only about 40 percent of obligees (people entitled to support) receive the full amount. For both obligees and obligors (people paying support), past due child support is a time bomb. For obligees, several hundred dollars a month of lost income eventually […]
Marietta Shooting Suspect Still at Large
Marietta police are still looking for a man wanted in connection with a November 2024 shooting at an area seafood restaurant. The 36-year-old victim was found on Nov. 22 just after midnight. Police said officers heard a gunshot in the area in the 600 block of Franklin Gateway and responded. According to police, he was […]
Ringing In the New Year with The Supremes
The Supreme Court has given us many gifts over the years, including a recently rediscovered eggnog recipe. The recipe emerged in the late 1990s, in the papers of Harlan Fiske Stone, who was Chief Justice in the early 1940s. The papers attributed the recipe to an unidentified person, Harry Parker. Shortly after the recipe’s 1998 […]
Kratom Ban Takes Effect
House Bill 181, which took effect on January 1, 2025, added this substance to the controlled substances list, criminalizing its use, sale, or possession, and adding other requirements as well. The provision lowers the age of illegal kratom transfers from 21 to 18. It also prohibits the ingestion of kratom using a heating element, power […]
Top Ten Reasonable Bail Factors in Georgia
Since time immemorial, police officers have arrested people for allegedly breaking the law. Then, in most cases, they take these defendants to jail. However, these individuals haven’t done anything wrong in the eyes of the law. So, the Eighth Amendment requires reasonable bail in criminal cases. In merry old England, sheriffs, and later judges, had […]
Marijuana Possession in Georgia: What You Should Know
Possession of even a tiny amount of marijuana is illegal in Georgia. But over half of Georgians believe recreational marijuana should be legal. A much higher percentage, almost 90 percent, believe medical marijuana should be legal. So, even though marijuana possession is illegal, these cases are now difficult for prosecutors to prove in court. They […]
Cops End Investigation of Halloween Murder in Chickamauga
Local police are declaring victory after, on November 22, 2024, the fourth person wanted in the October 31, 2024 murder of a 25-year-old man voluntarily surrendered to Walker County authorities. Initially, deputies responding to a medical emergency call found the victim shot to death in the carport of a home from multiple gunshot wounds. The […]
