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...

Extreme, Anti-Choice Measures Introduced in Georgia Legislature
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Truly inconceivable: Birth control itself at risk in proposed legislation that lays very heavy hand on reproductive choice, by Maureen Downey (editorial board): Today, young women of college age are casting votes in the Georgia presidential primary...

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 Plan for PeachCare
Today I introduced legislation to save PeachCare, Georgia's State Children's Health Insurance (S-CHIP) program. The current S-CHIP funding formula allows some states to accumulate surpluses of unused funds while other states, like Georgia, face severe shortfalls and are unable to provide for the basic health of children...

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...

Still waiting for promised review of NSW secrecy laws
The Federal Attorney General's decision to have the Australian Law Reform Commission take another look at secrecy provisions in laws, and related issues, serves as a reminder that in NSW there has never been a similar review, despite an undertaking at the time the Freedom of Information Act was passed 20 years agoThis is what was said by the minister managing the matter in Parliament during debate on Clause 12 0f Schedule 1 of the Bill,which exempts a document where disclosure would constitute an offence against another act:"The Premier has indicated that consideration will be given to reviewing the secrecy provisions of the individual legislation...

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

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