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News Articles: Justice

A photo of Willie Pye among death penalty opponent placards.

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  • Law

Georgia ends its pandemic moratorium on executions by killing Willie Pye

Wednesday, Willie Pye became the 77th person put to death by the state of Georgia since 1976.

March 21, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
In this frame from U.S. Capitol surveillance video, the man in the yellow circle is identified by the FBI as Dominic Box, entering through the Senate wing door of the building on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Prosecutors file new, tougher charges against Georgia Jan. 6 defendant who turned down plea deal

Dominic Box now faces three felony counts, on top of his previous four misdemeanor charges.

March 01, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
In this photo provided by the FBI, the man in the yellow circle is identified by an agent as Dominic Box on the east stairs of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Jan. 6 defendant from Georgia drops court-appointed attorney more than one year into federal case

The change in counsel leads to more uncertainty in the prosecution's timeline.

February 21, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
In this photo provided by the FBI, the man in the yellow circle is identified by an agent as Dominic Box on the east stairs of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Former Savannah man charged in Jan. 6 attack cites pending Supreme Court case in plea deal refusal

Dominic Box had earlier agreed to a tentative plea deal.

January 22, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Wayne County High School in Jesup, Georgia

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  • Law

Lawsuit: Southeast Georgia's Wayne County School System punished victim of sexual assault by teacher

The former student alleges sex discrimination in how the school district handled the incident.

January 22, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's casket is wheeled out of Washington National Cathedral at the conclusion of her funeral.

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  • Politics

Photos: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor honored as 'influential, iconic jurist'

Supreme Court justices, members of Congress and other dignitaries gathered at Washington National Cathedral to pay their final respects to former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

December 19, 2023
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By:
  • Grace Widyatmadja and
  • Deepa Shivaram
Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson speaks at a news conference at the Chatham County Detention Center in Savannah on Nov. 8, 2023.

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  • Economy

Georgia Department of Labor launches job placement program for state prisoners nearing release

The 12-week initiative will begin at one prison in Atlanta.

November 09, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Courthouse

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  • News

Ex-UGA player on trial for alleged March 2021 Racetrac clerk murder

Trial is underway for a former University of Georgia football player suspected of killing a Racetrac clerk in Oconee County in March 2021.

October 20, 2023
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  • Jeff Dantre
Leonard Cure

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  • Law

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump responds to police video showing killing of exonerated Georgia man

Leonard Cure was shot and killed Monday by a sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop.

October 20, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
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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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
James T. Cassada (center), a former Glynn County Police drug investigator, was allowed to end his probation six years early, after he pleaded guilty in 2019 to having sexual relationships with informants.

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  • News

Judge gave Glynn cop who slept with informants clean record

A Glynn County Superior Court judge has wiped clean the criminal record of a county police officer who used drugs and had sexual relationships with confidential informants as he was operating as a member of a now disbanded elite anti-drug unit. 

July 14, 2023
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By:
  • Jake Shore
The Effingham County School District logo is displayed on a clear glass wall inside a building.

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  • Law

ACLU lawsuit alleges ‘pervasive racial discrimination’ at Georgia school district near Savannah

Black students accuse the Effingham County School District of ignoring acts of racial animosity by white students and staff.

June 26, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.

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  • Politics

Report on Justice Thomas' trips renews calls for a Supreme Court code of ethics

A ProPublica investigation found the justice accepted luxury trips from a major GOP donor. The story is renewing the Democrat push for a code of ethics for justices of the Supreme Court.

April 06, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
The Effingham County School District logo is displayed on a clear glass wall inside a building.

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  • Law

Lawsuit: Georgia school district lowered Black student's GPA after he reported racist Snapchats

Grades were allegedly changed from A's to C's in retaliation.

January 18, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is seen during Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the United States, in Washington, D.C. U.S., June 19, 2021. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Are we living up to King's dream?; Biden visits Ebenezer

Monday on Political Rewind: As we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy today, our special panel will ask if we're living his dream in the modern day. Plus we discuss President Biden's visit to Ebenezer Baptist Church. 

January 16, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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