Criminal Law

Georgia Again
The state of Georgia has always had a special place in the history of the US death penalty. It was Supreme Court cases out of Georgia that both halted (Furman v. Georgia, 1972) and restarted (Gregg v...

Georgia Courts Do Not Favor Consumers
Georgia Court Watch is a project of Georgia Watch, a nonprofit and nonpartisan group committed to strengthening the rights of consumers in Georgia. It has recently issued its annual report on Georgia appellate courts...

A little humor at the expense of the University [sic] of Georgia.
If you read my bio, you know I am a proud graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, more commonly known as Georgia Tech or simply, Tech.  For well over 100 years, we have had a robust rivalry with our intrastate rival, the University [sic] of Georgia...

Georgia Divorce Laws
Georgia Domestic Relations Code RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS: To file for a divorce in Georgia, at least one spouse needs to be a resident of the state for six months before filing a petition for divorce...

Commutation Georgia
Tonight’s execution in Georgia, Samuel Crowe, was commuted to Life without Parole. AJC has more. The 47-year-old man would have been the second inmate to be put to death in Georgia in 16 days and the third in the country since a de facto moratorium on executions was lifted in April, when the U...

Georgia DOT Untrustworthy
Georgia citizens are being placed at risk by the Georgia Department of Transportation. Two Georgia DOT bridge inspectors have now admitted they lied when they certified 54 Georgia bridges as being safe...

GNG Marketing Violations
Georgia Natural Gas to pay customers $2.5 million in settlement.