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The Constitution guarantees the right to keep and bear arms in the Second Amendment. The Constitution also gives authorities the power to regulate the use of firearms. Approved uses include protection, hunting animals, and keeping the King of England out of your face. Those categories are very broad, and reasonable people disagree as to their …
A 53-year-old man, who got a small taste of freedom after sixteen years of wrongful incarceration, is dead after a traffic stop went horribly wrong. According to the GBI, a Chatham County Sheriffs’ deputy pulled the man over for reckless driving on Interstate 95. At first, the man was cooperative, albeit somewhat confrontational. Then, as …
A valid chemical test result significantly increases the chances of a DUI conviction. However, the result is inadmissible, unless the gadget met certain legal and technical requirements, and it produced an accurate result. Some common legal, scientific, and technical flaws are outlined below. The Breathalyzer, or rather the Drunk-O-Meter, its predecessor device, and the television …
Law enforcement investigators have few leads after a hit and run driver struck a pedestrian walking on East Ocmulgee Blvd. in Bibb County. The wreck happened in the 3200 block of Ocmulgee East Blvd., near the Brooks Recreation Center. The 19-year-old victim was declared dead at the scene. Officers noted that there’s no sidewalk on …
According to a recent study, the five offense areas mentioned below, which are listed in descending order, account for all the matters in Georgia criminal courts. “It is interesting to see which categories of crime receive the most federal sentences in each state, and it is even more fascinating to see some states having the …
Probation began as a community-driven project in Boston in the 1830s. Local philanthropists often convinced judges to place incarcerated defendants in their custody, so these people could be rehabilitated. This program worked so well that the government took it over. Probation was statewide in Massachusetts by about 1880. In 1925, after over two dozen failed …
