By Katheryn Tucker | February 6, 2018
After hours of drama and debate, the council voted 13-0 to stop requiring money bail for minor crimes such as loitering, trespassing and driving without a license.
By Greg Land | February 2, 2018
Judge Robert McBurney, who has been on the Fulton bench since 2012, takes over from former Chief Judge Gail Tusan.
By Greg Land | January 26, 2018
Newly appointed Juvenile Court Chief Presiding Judge Juliette Scales was named by the Superior Court bench on Jan. 5, take over from former Chief Judge Bradley Boyd.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 24, 2018
The court's judges voted Monday to approve an updated Bond Standard Operating Procedure to allow for nonviolent offenders to be released on a signature instead of having to post cash bail.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 11, 2018
“If this is an issue you are interested in—and you should be— I encourage you to talk to your members of the General Assembly, because it will require a two-thirds majority vote to put this much-needed reform on the ballot.” —Gov. Nathan Deal.
By Greg Land | January 9, 2018
The county said a hike in fees for process of services are necessary because the Fulton County State and Magistrate Court are losing money at the current rates.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 9, 2018
Cobb County Superior Court Chief Judge LaTain Kell convened a courtroom pep rally. Dressed in a black suit and a red Georgia Bulldogs cap and surrounded by red and black balloons, Kell led his courtroom in cheers and chants.Cobb County Superior Court Judge LaTain Kell read a resolution declaring Monday Georgia Bulldogs day with these instructions: “Attack the day with all enthusiasm known to mankind.”
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
“Residents of the Northern District of Georgia continue to receive fraudulent phone calls claiming that the victim failed to appear for jury duty in federal court,” the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia announced on its website Wednesday.
By Tony Mauro | December 31, 2017
“We have a new challenge in the coming year,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his annual year-end report. “Events in recent months have illuminated the depth of the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace, and events in the past few weeks have made clear that the judicial branch is not immune.”
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