After eight years, a mistrial, and a second trial, a jury in Washington County still failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of three former Washington County Sheriff’s deputies charged with felony murder in the 2017 death of Eurie Lee Martin.
A Washington County jury will hear arguments this week about whether former deputies violated the law by allegedly tasing a man to death, but the long-awaited court date faced another delay Wednesday.
Rural hospitals sometimes look for lifelines through consolidation with big city hospitals. Now a couple of rural hospitals in Middle Georgia are trying a grassroots approach emphasizing local ownership. And, they say, it’s working.
Not long after receiving its first passing grade for ozone pollution from the American Lung Association, Fulton County is one of five Georgia counties that need to reduce soot in the air because the Environmental Protection Agency finalized stronger standards.
The murder trial of three former Washington County sheriff’s deputies in the death of Eurie Martin ended Tuesday in a mistrial after three days of deliberation.
Deputies electrocuted Martin for two minutes total with Tasers before he succumbed to heart failure. The local medical examiner called that a homicide.
Three former sheriff’s deputies in Washington County, Georgia face murder charges. A man they tased this summer died. The incident was captured on video...
