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Georgia medical ma*****na applicant's former partner admitted to paying a bribe for license
Our I-Team found one of the winning applicants in Georgia's new medical ma*****na licenses was once a business partner with a medical ma*****na operator who admitted he had earlier in his career - with a different company -paid a bribe to help get his license.
COVINGTON, GA
Covington Police Department has fired one of its detectives after his arrest on a series of charges related to an "altercation" at an apartment complex in the city Monday.
Former sheriff of Cherokee County resigned from Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission
Former Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison resigned this week from the Georgia judicial watchdog agency after a decades-old photo of him wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood resurfaced. Garrison was appointed to the Judicial Qualifications Commission’s investigative panel on Aug. 19 by Georgia ...
Tybee Island, GA
The Tybee Island City Council has halted vacation rentals at private residences for at least the next 90 days. City officials voted last week to institute a moratorium to prohibit homeowners from renting their property out on a short-term basis. The issue was brought before council after full-time r...
The Georgia Prison Guard Shortage Is Killing Incarcerated People
Fewer guards make it harder to monitor interpersonal problems between people in prison — and more dangerous for those who do step in.
The Georgia Court of Appeals, however, handed down a broad ruling that sovereign immunity barred Tricoli from pursuing his breach of contract case for violation of Regents policy, even if Wrigley and Huckaby had committed crimes of fraud in the process.
Gov. Brian Kemp’s push to make Sonny Perdue chancellor of the University System of Georgia (see the May 12 issue of Flagpole) came along just in time to highlight a legal question that has been plaguing the USG for years—whether the system can be held accountable for violating the Board of Regen...
An Explosion in Geofence Warrants Threatens Privacy Across the US
New figures from Google show a tenfold increase in the requests from law enforcement, which target anyone who happened to be in a given location at a specified time.
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COVID CUSTODY BATTLE: Mom says judge ruled she can't see her son until she gets vaccine
An Illinois mother says a Cook County judge decided to strip her parental rights over her refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a local report.
Cops Are Dressing Up Like FedEx Guys and Arresting People for Drugs
A little-known agreement allows police officers to seize packages at FedEx sorting centers.
Opinion: Prisons’ culture of secrecy endangers Georgians
Seven Georgia legislators were recently denied access to Lee Arrendale, the state’s largest women’s prison, when they showed up for an unannounced visit.
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Augusta, GA
Augusta city attorneys continue argument in fighting to pay for lost public records battle.
For Life - Official Trailer
A prisoner becomes a lawyer litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn't commit.Find out more ab...
Muscogee County, GA
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Ten attorneys have applied for the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Superior Court judgeship that will be vacated by Judge Bill Rumer at the end of the month. According t…
COLQUITT, GA
COLQUITT, Ga. -- Miller County authorities are searching for missing Colquitt Police Department Chief Kenny Kirkland. Sherriff Richard Morgan says that Colquitt Police Chief Kenny Kirkland has been missing since around 3:30 p. m. A BOLO has been issued on Kirkland's vehicle. It is described as a Gra...
Georgia has no method in place for compensating the wrongfully convicted. Nor is it generally possible to sue simply for having been wrongfully convicted, because prosecutors, judges and investigators are largely immune from suits that challenge their discretion. That leaves, as a last resort, going to the Georgia General Assembly and asking them to pass a law in the name of your client.
If we want to be a state where justice is done, we must do more than simply release the wrongfully convicted, an appellate lawyer writes.
Newton County, GA
Georgia prosecutors have decided they will not retry Ron Jacobsen for ra**ng a woman in Newton County, four years after DNA tests strongly indicated he did not commit the crime and 31 years after he was sent to prison for it.
COLLEGE PARK, GA
DEADLY POLICE SHOOTING: The family of a man shot by law enforcement at a College Park apartment complex is demanding to know what happened that led up to the shooting.
'Pain compliance': Video shows trooper pummeling man
Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — an attack the trooper defended as “pain compliance.”.
Tampa man speaks out after being released 31 years after wrongful conviction
A Tampa man is free after spending 3 decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted for an armed robbery.
Texas attorney general cleared of wrongdoing by his own office
The 374-page internal investigation report produced by Republican Ken Paxton’s own agency found no evidence to support senior staffers’ claims of bribery and abuse of office, while the FBI continues its own investigation.
A jail in Washington state is offering ramen noodles as an incentive to encourage inmates to get COVID vaccine shots
Corrections officers at Benton County Jail created "Soups for Shots" for inmates who receive their first COVID vaccine dose, The Olympian reported.
Federal surveillance machine looking through your bank accounts and cryptocurrency
The federal government doesn't have the right to know everything about your finances.
Police Reform Without Qualified Immunity Reform Is Worthless
Lawmakers have reportedly taken any changes to qualified immunity off the table.
State officials say a new grant will be used to provide training for Georgia law enforcement officers to draw blood from drivers suspected of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
State officials say a new grant will be used to provide training for Georgia law enforcement officers to draw blood from drivers suspected of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Wayne County, GA
The following article is an opinion piece and reflects the views of only the author and not necessarily those of The Georgia Virtue. Sunday afternoon the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office posted a press release regarding a correctional officer, Dayton Beasley, who was allegedly found to be providing c...
Wayne County, GA — Deputy has his uniform cut off after arrest for bringing controlled substance into jail. ** This video was first posted and then deleted off the Wayne County Sheriff’s page.
Augusta, GA — Sias was indicted in July on Federal charges of destruction, alteration or falsification of records in a Federal Investigation and lying to federal investigators. The review commission tasked with looking into whether Sammie Sias should stay on the Augusta-Richmond County Commission is going to get more time.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The review commission tasked with looking into whether Sammie Sias should stay on the Augusta-Richmond County Commission is going to get more time. Friday afternoon, Gov…
Austell, GA
A former police officer who worked for several metro Atlanta police departments during a career that spanned 30 years has been indicted on three counts of child molestation.
Former Huntsville Police officer William Darby was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of Jeffery Parker.
Former Huntsville Police officer, William Darby will face his punishment at the Madison County Courthouse at 2:30 p.m. on August 20.
"Georgia law enforcement can get a search warrant for your blood, and at that point the driver has no choice.”
EXCLUSIVE: Atlanta federal pen nearly vacant amid corruption investigation
An investigation into alleged corruption at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta has led federal officials to reassign or replace several prison staffers and transfer roughly 1,1000 offenders to facilities out of state, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.
Atlanta, GA
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