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Wed., November 16, 2011 2:56pm
A federal judge has denied bond for the four Georgia militia men accused of plotting terror attacks against government officials. U.S. Magistrate Susan Cole said Wednesday there was too much evidence that the men took "concrete action" to carry out attacks to release them.
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Mon., September 5, 2011 11:00am
Georgia is one of two study sites for a national research program to improve how children are represented in welfare systems around the nation. More than a hundred Georgia lawyers will participate. Half will continue representing children without change; the other half will test a best-practices model that asks them to learn more about the child’s life and be more proactive in their cases.
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Tue., March 22, 2011 1:02pm
Lawyers for six parents have filed a class-action lawsuit against the state. The plaintiffs are in jail and can’t pay child support. The suit claims they should never have been jailed in the first place.
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Wed., February 16, 2011 12:57pm
Chief Justice Carol Hunstein says it's time for Georgia to reform its tough criminal sentences. In her annual State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the state Legislature on Wednesday, Hunstein said many inmates clogging Georgia's prisons "are a greater threat to themselves than to society."
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Fri., December 17, 2010 12:59pm
A federal appeals court is considering a challenge to a Georgia law that bans the immediate family of superintendents, principals and other school administrators from running for election to a local school board.
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Wed., November 10, 2010 8:44am
A federal appeals court will rule on whether Georgia sets too strict a standard for deciding whether death penalty defendants are mentally retarded, meaning they cannot be executed.
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Tue., March 16, 2010 11:10am
Georgia's top judge warned state lawmakers that budget cuts are making it "
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Sat., November 14, 2009 9:36am
Television ad claims budget cuts have harmed critical services and implore
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Fri., September 18, 2009 2:37pm
President Barack Obama has nominated Ed Tarver and Michael Moore for top fe
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Fri., August 7, 2009 4:13pm
The decision paves the way for President Obama to name a replacement
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