By Greg Land | January 17, 2018
Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed an identical bill that sailed through the Legislature in 2016 after the attorney general and Board of Regents raised objections.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 11, 2018
The underground commercial sex economy has surpassed the illegal gun trade as the second largest black market in the country, second only to drugs.
By R. Robin McDonald | January 11, 2018
U.S. District Senior Judge Charles Pannell Jr. said the 2014 warrantless, no-knock raid of a venue that Fulton County Deputy Devon Brown had rented in a south Atlanta strip mall for meetings of his motorcycle club “was unlawful from the start.” The judge also sanctioned the city and said Brown could seek punitive damages.
By Greg Land | January 9, 2018
Judge Thomas Thrash tossed out a constitutional challenge to the city's adult entertainment ordinance, and permanently enjoined Tokyo Valentino's Cheshire Bridge Road store from operating in its current location.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 9, 2018
The Southern Center for Human Rights and Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice filed a lawsuit challenging the refusal of 49 Alabama sheriffs to produce public records showing whether, and if so by how much, they have personally profited from funds allocated for feeding people in their jails.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 8, 2018
“One might wonder why the Court engages in this pointless exercise,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his dissent. “The only possible explanation is its concern with the 'unusual facts' of this case, specifically a juror affidavit that expresses racist opinions about blacks. The opinions in the affidavit are certainly odious. But their odiousness does not excuse us from doing our job correctly, or allow us to pretend that the lower courts have not done theirs.”
By Katheryn Tucker | January 8, 2018
The letter asks the mayor to make a public endorsement by Feb. 1 of the basic principle that people who come before the Atlanta Municipal Court should not be confined in custody prior to trial solely because they cannot afford to pay money bail.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 2, 2018
Judge Beverly Martin reversed District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro of the Southern District of Florida in denying the revival of the lawsuit by an estate representative after the prisoner died.
By Greg Land | December 29, 2017
Among the opinions issued by the Georgia Supreme Court in 2017 were some that cemented government rights, while others said it's OK to flip someone "the bird."
Daily Report Online | Letter to the Editor
By Jonathan Ringel | December 29, 2017
State Bar of Georgia president applauds the Georgia Legal Services Program executive director as she announces her retirement after a 43-year career with the organization.
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