Young Thug Trial Update
Try to keep up. The soap opera trial continued when, in July 2024, the trial judge recused herself, only hours after replacing the first trial judge, who met with prosecutors without telling the defense team. Some time ago, Judge Rachel Krause, who heard recusal motions from Young Thug, removed Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge […]
North Macon Teen Slain in Shooting
Few details were available after a 17-year-old Macon boy was shot and killed in a parking lot of a popular fitness center. A release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s office says it started with a call for a fight in the Planet Fitness parking lot on Tom Hill Sr. Blvd. While Deputies were on the […]
A Real Housewife is in Real Trouble
Reality TV star Karen Huger (Real Housewives of the Potomac) was charged with DUI after she “crossed a median and struck street signs” in her 2017 Maserati, according to the Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland. Huger was alone in her vehicle when the crash occurred and she was not injured, police said. Police filed […]
Drug Possession Cases from Start to Finish
The recently concluded Afghanistan War was a “forever war” that seemed endless. The War on Drugs is much the same. President Richard Nixon issued this declaration of war in 1971. Today, more than fifty years later, there’s still no end in sight. So, authorities have changed tactics. They now focus primarily on drug possession enforcement. […]
Double Shooting at Dublin Apartment Complex
Few details were available after multiple shooting incidents sent multiple people to an area hospital. The shooting happened just before 7 a.m. When officers arrived on the scene a woman with a gunshot wound was at a neighbor’s apartment. She told officers a man shot her and that he was still inside her apartment. Just […]
What to Expect in a Truck Crash Case
Since 2011, the number of serious large truck crashes has increased 33 percent. Persistent supply chain issues since 2020 have accelerated this upward trend. Federal regulators have repeatedly watered down key safety rules. For example, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has relaxed the HOS (hours of service) requirement several times, thus allowing more drowsy […]
Naked Thief on the Loose in Southeast Georgia
Metter police are looking for a naked man who has burgled several houses in the area in recent weeks. That’s something you don’t see every day. “He’s found things that allowed him access to the house. He’s looking for windows, looking for keys, looking for open doors,” Police Chief Robert Shore remarked. “It’s hard to […]
Two Crisp County Men in Jail Following Drug Sweep
Four months after a multi-agency investigation began, authorities arrested two men on various drug trafficking-related charges. GBI Southwestern Regional Drug Enforcement Office, Crisp County Sheriff’s Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration all collaborated on the drug trafficking investigation, which targeted a 26-year-old Cordele resident, who was an alleged drug lord. At the end of the […]
The Athens Murders: Thirty-Five Years Later
Clinton Bankston Jr. turned 17 on May 12, 1988. That was also the day he received five consecutive life sentences. Regardless of your perspective on this case, that’s a terrible birthday present. In April 1987, police found the bodies of UGA professors Glenn and Rachel Sutton, who had been stabbed multiple times, wrapped in carpet. […]
Solid, Discredited, and Questionable Scientific (Forensic) Evidence in Criminal Cases
The landmark 1993 Supreme Court decision Daubert vs. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals was technically a civil case that pertained to expert witnesses. However, this case also has broad implications for criminal cases. This ruling makes a judge the gatekeeper regarding scientific evidence. Basically, the judge, and the judge alone, decides if scientific evidence is reliable enough […]
