A court has granted retroactive first offender status under a new Georgia law allowing a second chance for those who were eligible but not offered the opportunity to earn the removal of a conviction from their record.
Cobb County Superior Court Judge Robert Leonard II granted a motion for retroactive first offender status Thursday, remarking that to his knowledge it was the first time the new law had been used.
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