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Brian Steel (left) and Jackie Johnson (right).

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Jackie Johnson prosecution turns two years old amid delays caused by her lawyer

Trial and hearing dates can’t be set because Johnson’s lawyer is tied up in Atlanta defending a racketeering case. 

 

September 01, 2023
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  • Jake Shore
U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca, center, speaks to reporters after six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi pleaded guilty to federal civil rights offenses in federal court in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.

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6 white ex-officers in Mississippi plead guilty to assault on 2 Black men

Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department said the Mississippi officers "caused harm to the entire community who feel that they can't trust the police officers who are supposed to serve them."

August 04, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones speaks during a roundtable discussion of legal issues hosted by the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus at Savannah State University on July 21, 2023.

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  • Politics

Savannah DA slams Georgia's new prosecutor oversight board as ‘dangerous’ to criminal justice reform

The Republican-appointed body can begin investigating local prosecutors in October.

July 25, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a state law ending cash bail, ordering implementation in mid-September. Here, in this August 2014 photo shows a statue outside of the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield, Ill.

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Illinois Supreme Court rules in favor of ending the state's cash bail system

The ruling will allow a law to go into effect that ends bail as a condition of pretrial release. Those considered to be a threat to the public or are likely to flee will be required to stay in jail.

July 18, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
 Rep. Scott Holcomb.

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  • News

State lawmakers poised to revisit compensation bill for wrongly convicted Georgians

GOP legislator wants counties to pay

May 27, 2023
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  • Aaleah McConnell
Chatham County Detention Center

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Chatham sheriff resumes jailing for misdemeanor crimes in return to pre-COVID policy

Sheriff John Wilcher ended a three-year policy that kept most misdemeanor offenders out of jail.

May 16, 2023
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  • Jake Shore
Evey Wilson Weatherbee (left) and Jessica Szilagyi are the hosts of the podcast "Prison Town."

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A new podcast looks at problems in Georgia's prison system by focusing on one troubled facility

A new podcast sheds light on problems in the Georgia Department of Corrections by looking closely at one facility: Smith State Prison in Tattnall County. 

May 10, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Hands behind bars

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McBath, Ossoff reintroduce prison oversight bill

Two Democratic members of Georgia’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight of the federal prison system.

April 27, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Jason Sheffield of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

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The ripple effects of Georgia's public defender shortage

A shortage of public defenders in Georgia is leaving attorneys overburdened and those accused of crimes waiting for a proper defense. Some public defender advocates say its time for the state to fund them properly.

February 17, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Georgia Capitol building

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Tough-on-crime theme of 2023 Georgia Legislature underpinned by proposed new bail requirements

The Georgia Senate Public Safety Committee Wednesday advanced a bill that would add bail requirements to a laundry list of criminal offenses in order to get released from jail.

February 16, 2023
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Atlanta-based journalist Josie Duffy Rice is the host of the podcast "Unreformed."

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Atlanta journalist spotlights stories of violence at Alabama's Mt. Meigs

A new podcast spotlights the stories of survivors of violence at Mt. Meigs, a school in Montgomery, Ala., billed as an institution for reform for troubled Black children.

February 09, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
The dictionary definition of the word "and" is pictured from the American Heritage dictionary.

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Drug sentencing ruling hinges on definition of simple, common word

An appeals court reviewed federal sentencing guidelines and ruled that the word "and" really means "and."

December 08, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
Andrea Guice, right, talks to Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole spokesperson Steve Hayes after the board's September meeting. Guice's brother has served 8 years in prison after his first possible parole date. "Who do we need to talk to and how can we, you know, get together with the system to make it better for him?” Guice asked.

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  • Law

For families, Georgia parole is a painful waiting game

The worst prison sentences — life without parole or even death — are relatively rare. For everyone else, there is the hope of parole. But critics of Georgia’s correction system say parole doesn’t happen as often as it could or should.

September 23, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship

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  • Law

Coastal Georgia's Chatham County joins other localities focused on ‘fines and fees justice’

The Savannah area could serve as a model for reform across Georgia, a state which relies heavily on fines and fees for local revenues.

August 16, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Headshot of Chris Joyner and cover of the book.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Race, justice and murder in 'The Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson'

Monday on Political Rewind: The case of Clarence Henderson. Henderson was convicted and sentenced to death not once but three times for the 1948 murder of 22-year-old Buddy Stevens, an Army veteran and son of a well-known Carrollton, Ga., family. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s reporter Chris Joyner said that the strange story of Henderson and Stevens had been part of his life since he began his career in newspapers more than 20 years ago. And now, he’s turned it into a fascinating book: The Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson.

March 07, 2022
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