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Fulton chief judge: Bill could clog county jail
Legislation limiting who can order criminal defendants released on recognizance bonds could lead to inmate crowding at the Fulton County jail and cost the county more money to house inmates, according to Fulton court officials.House Bill 889 was approved by the state House of Representatives and, on Monday, by the Senate Judiciary Committee.No high court action on voting rights law
Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights law that has opened voting booths to millions of African-Americans.Attorney: Benoit's doctor charged with improperly prescribing drugs in federal probe
ATLANTA AP - The personal doctor of a pro wrestler who killed his wife and son before committing suicide was charged Monday with improperly dispensing painkillers and other drugs to other patients.The seven-count indictment said Dr. Phil Astin, physician to wrestler Chris Benoit, dispensed drugs including Percocet, Xanax, Lorcet and Vicoprofen between April 2004 and September 2005.9/11 conspiracy theorists sanctioned
Three lawyers and their client who claim that Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and other Bush administration officials orchestrated the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks piled one mistake on top of another on their way to being sanctioned by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.Attorneys William W.Lessons learned in the fast lane
LEE IACOCCA CAMPAIGNED for George W. Bush in 2000 even though he'd never met him. After Bush won, his then chief of staff, Andy Card, called to offer an ambassadorship; Iacocca said he'd consider Italy. Alas, the country of his forebears was already taken. So it doesn't quite track when Iacocca, in his new book, "Where Have All the Leaders Gone" serves up a harangue on the evils of cronyism.
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It's a Soap Opera It's a Judge's Nightmare-No, It's Family Law
Family law is the Creature from the Planet Zantar. It has twelve eyes, six tentacles, four arms, a beak, a stinger, poison glands and a gaping maw that can't get enough puppies to eat. It is immune to fire, radiation and electric shock, eats guided missiles for breakfast, and it has come to earth to enslave us all.At least it seems that way to me.Military sex assault reports up, changes ordered
Sexual assaults in the military are a growing epidemic across the services and thousands of victims are still unwilling to come forward despite a slew of new oversight and assistance programs, according to a new Pentagon report.'Insufficient knowledge' is big winner of Atlanta Bar poll
If money is the lifeblood of politics, candidates in contested races for judgeships in Fulton County may need a complete transfusion.Asked to rate the qualifications of local judicial candidates, most of the 530 members who responded to the Atlanta Bar Association's recent poll said they had "insufficient knowledge" to do so.State Farm appeals $253,000 verdict
Parties in a car accident case who were once only $7,000 apart in settlement negotiations are now fighting over a $253,000 verdict delivered in Bibb County State Court.On one side is a Macon firefighter whose pickup truck was hit by an uninsured motorist. On the other side is State Farm, which carried the firefighter's uninsured motorist coverage and is appealing.
$2.8M lawyer malpractice verdict set aside
In a long-running legal malpractice case, the Supreme Court of Georgia has upended a $2.8 million verdict against Dahlonega lawyer Steven Leibel, finding that both the Georgia Court of Appeals and the trial judge made errors in the case.TRENDING STORIES
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