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16 Oct 2007, 5:45 am
" The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "The price for death: As Brian Nichols' trial moves forward, Fulton must brace to pay even more for his defense. [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 3:51 am by Russ Bensing
Far be it from me to predict what Cuyahoga County prosecutor Bill Mason dreams about, but I figure that Anthony Sowell and Brian Nichols are making increasingly frequent nocturnal appearances. [read post]
25 Aug 2009, 7:58 am
In his hopes to bumble another capital murder case (see Brian Nichols), Paul Howard’s office is seeking the death penalty against three defendants accused of murdering boxing champion Vernon Forrest. [read post]
10 Jan 2007, 7:50 am
from the diaries of the tennessee dude... i guess it's because i'm in atlanta (working temp, part-time for geogians for alternatives to the death penalty) that this blog captured my attention...it opens up: WASHINGTON - The death penalty trial of Brian Nichols, accused of the notorious 2005 Atlanta courthouse killings, will begin Thursday. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 9:00 am
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting: Today's newspaper contains an article headlined "Courthouse security cuts no corners; As jury selection begins in trial of alleged killer Brian Nichols, Fulton works to ensure violence never strikes another courtroom. [read post]
13 Dec 2008, 10:15 am
[JURIST] A Superior Court of Georgia [official website] jury Saturday sentenced [Atlanta Journal-Constitution report] Brian Nichols to consecutively serve seven life terms, four terms of life without parole, and 485 years following his conviction [CNN report] last month for the murders of court and law enforcement personnel [JURIST report] committed in a March 2005 escape from Atlanta's Fulton [read post]
17 May 2005, 1:36 pm
[JURIST] Rape defendant and accused killer Brian Nichols [Wikipedia profile] pleaded not guilty in Atlanta's Fulton County Courthouse [backgrounder] Tuesday to multiple counts of murder, kidnapping, escape, and other charges in connection with the March 11 shootings [JURIST report] at the same courthouse when he allegedly overpowered a deputy sheriff, stole her gun, and then shot presiding judge [read post]
2 Dec 2006, 6:28 am
From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (requires registration):Unexpected budget shortages and skyrocketing legal fees — including more than $500,000 for lawyers for accused courthouse killer Brian Nichols — may be breaking the bank for a state fund for death-penalty defense lawyers.To make ends meet, the new statewide public defender system is cutting the fees it pays lawyers for defendants in capital cases and is asking some private attorneys… [read post]
10 Aug 2008, 5:47 pm
As TChris wrote last night, retired Georgia Judge Hilton Fuller, who once presided over the death penalty trial of accused Atlanta courthouse shooter Brian Nichols, spoke at an American Bar Association conference yesterday and said the prosecution in that case was responsible for driving the costs up. [read post]
9 Mar 2007, 5:37 am
From The Macon (Georgia) Telegraph:The top Republican in the state House of Representatives on Thursday blasted the judge in the Brian Nichols courthouse shooting trial, accusing Judge Hilton Fuller of a "gross abuse of power. [read post]
30 Mar 2007, 5:29 am
Opinion by public defender Larry Schneider in The Atlanta Journal Constitution:There has been a lot of criticism of Judge Hilton Fuller's handling of the Brian Nichols case. [read post]
27 Oct 2007, 6:35 am
Newsweek reported Wednesday that the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council has run out of money defending one client: Brian Nichols. [read post]
14 Feb 2007, 5:45 am
From The Atlanta Journal Constitution (may require registration):The trial of two suspects in the 2004 stabbing death of a Snellville widow could be delayed by a fight over legal fees, and that dispute is indirectly connected to the Fulton County case against Brian Nichols. [read post]
27 Feb 2008, 7:57 am
The example everyone points to is the much-delayed Brian Nichols case - which has notoriously sucked $1.5 million out of the state's meager $4.5 million fund for capital cases. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 5:30 am
From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (may require registration):The head of the statewide public defender program is retiring to go into teaching and leaving a system that has been criticized for how it spends its money, especially on the defense of accused courthouse killer Brian Nichols. [read post]
3 Dec 2006, 1:07 pm
LINKUnexpected budget shortages and skyrocketing legal fees — including more than $500,000 for lawyers for accused courthouse killer Brian Nichols — may be breaking the bank for a state fund for death-penalty defense lawyers. [read post]
8 Feb 2007, 7:57 am
A judge said last week that the Brian Nichols murder trial could be delayed if the state doesn't come through with the extra money for the agency that defends poor people charged with felonies. [read post]