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24 Jan 2020, 8:28 am by Robert Brammer
The Old Capitol Prison’s yard is where Captain Heinrich (Henry) Wirz was executed on November 10, 1865, for his role in the operation of Camp Sumter, the Confederate stockade that is better known today as the notorious Andersonville Prison in Georgia. [read post]
19 Apr 2021, 8:41 am by McAleer Law Firm
The Georgia governor extended the state’s Public Health State of Emergency for an additional two weeks after health officials reported the highest daily total of Covid-19 cases shortly before July 4th. [read post]
A former Georgia sheriff was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison for violating the civil rights of people detained in the Clayton County Jail. [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 9:13 am by The Mussallem Law Firm, P.A.
A Georgia man with four previous DUI convictions on his record was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to two felonies in connection with a fatal crash. [read post]
21 Mar 2024, 2:00 am
FACE 5 YEARS IN PRISON, AND $250,000 FINEHailing from Alabama, Florida and Georgia, fourteen men were indicted and arrested in late February for their alleged roles in a dog-fighting event.Apparently, on April 22, 2022, these defendants are said to have brought some 24 dogs to Donalsonville, Georgia, to participate in a series of fighting matches.According to a press release issued by the United States Department of Justice, it is “illegal not only to fight… [read post]
27 Nov 2007, 5:48 am
" From the Fulton County Daily Report here, "Judge, DA Agree to Deal in Teen Sex Case; Man whose case resembled Genarlow Wilson's allowed out after four years in prison; state high court had upheld 10-year sentence. [read post]
4 Nov 2007, 4:57 pm
Atlanta, October 26, 2007 -- The Supreme Court of Georgia today ordered that Genarlow Wilson be released from prison. [read post]
13 Nov 2018, 2:30 pm
A Pew study found that probation revocations accounted for 55 percent of all prison admissions in Georgia. [read post]
Georgia’s last execution took place in January 2020 by lethal injection at the state prison in Jackson. [read post]
5 Apr 2007, 8:40 pm
Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has reversed the convictions of Georgia Thompson and ordered her released from prison, according to the U.S. [read post]
19 Dec 2006, 5:07 am
"Georgia Man Fights Conviction as Molester": The New York Times today contains an article that begins, "Genarlow Wilson, 20, is serving a prison sentence that shocked his jury, elicited charges of racism from critics of the justice system and that even prosecutors and the State Legislature acknowledge is unjust. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 9:46 am by Kalvis Golde
The post Georgia man sentenced to death challenges state’s striking of Black jurors appeared first on SCOTUSblog. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 3:04 pm
The state's DNA database known as the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) currently contains more than 186,000 samples from Georgia prisoners. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 7:05 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida all reported increased prison populations last year. [read post]
3 Mar 2016, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
He was convicted, receiving a sentence of four years “at hard labor” at the prison in the state capital. [read post]
16 May 2019, 8:30 am
A Georgia jail system just implemented one of the strictest bans we’ve seen, preventing prisoners from possessing any books other than a bible. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 8:22 am by Steve Hall
Rob Jones, the Department of Corrections’ general counsel, said Georgia prison officials traveled to those states last month to review their methods. [read post]
6 Jul 2007, 11:43 am
That's the issue courts in Georgia are grappling with in the case of Genarlow Wilson, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence in this state for having consensual oral sex with a girl when they were both teens and minors. [read post]